 In 1911, the Santa Barbara Polo Club was declared an official polo club by the United States Polo Association.The club set about looking for a permanent home and found one through an $80,000 purchase of part of the property known as the Bartlett Estate on Middle Road in Montecito.The Bartlett Family took back an $80,000 loan for the property and the club raised $15,000 to build a concrete club house.