Archer Milton Huntington made his first trip to the Iberian Peninsula in 1892. From an archaeological camp at Italica, the first Roman colony in Spain, near Seville, he brought home Corinthian capitals, inscribed gravestone fragments, and jewelry…Since childhood Huntington's thoughts had dwelt on the ‘foundation of a Hispanic center where source material in documents and examples of the arts of Spain andiPortugal might be studied as a basis for original research.’ In 1904, he established the Hispanic Society. Two years later he donated land near Audubon Terrace for a Spanish church, a site that was known at the turn of the century as Spanish Hill.