Greystone and its immediate grounds could be seen from miles away. To this day, the estate is wrapped in layers of mystery. It is even said to be haunted by the ghosts left behind in an era of misdeeds. By the early s, Doheny Senior had decided that Ned should build a mansion on the family ranch.
He set aside twenty-two acres at the southern end of the property for the residence and grounds. The front entrance — a set of plate-glass doors decorated with elaborate hand-wrought iron grillwork — opened onto a marble stair landing.
At the right were marble stairs to the second floor. Ahead was a grand marble staircase that led down to the first-floor hallway, which ran perpendicular to the main stairway for the length of the building. At the bottom of the grand staircase was a set of carved and polished oak archways that led into a marble-floor reception room with a fountain.
Beyond, through arched French doors, was a terrace with sweeping views of the immense, steeply sloped lawn and the entire Los Angeles basin.
But this psychic phenomenon does not seem to be the ghost of either Ned Doheny or Hugh Plunkett who both died so mysteriously in the mansion. Rather, the strange sound that has been heard seems to be that of a woman, weeping inconsolably. Perhaps it is the spirit of a young Lucy Doheny mourning her dead husband, or her family, which rose so high in the world only to be brought down by bold over-reaching and by scandal. The world of William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies was one of extravagant mansions, dazzling parties, celebrity friends and hangers-on, and million-dollar shopping trips to Europe, all bound together by a genuine love.
The mansion at Lexington Road was the first in a series of lavish Beverly Hills homes. He already owns a luxurious lodge, Wyntoon, designed by architect Julia Morgan, in northern California, near the Oregon border. But all these homes were not enough for their life together. Hearst wrote Morgan to discuss the , acres he owned in San Simeon, miles north of Los Angeles, where he had often gone camping with family and friends. Hearst filled the castle with architectural details; even whole ceilings and invaluable antiques including ancient Greek vases, rare oriental carpet, and tapestries.
According to New York Social Diary , at the end of her life she moved into a "luxurious condominium on the Wilshire Corridor," and since she's left, the Knoll has been owned by producer Dino De Laurentiis, singer Kenny Rogers, and back into the hands of oil barons--Barbara and Marvin Davis. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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SG guest. Named The Knoll, now belong to Eric Smidt. JD guest. The zip code is iconic, and nearly the entire globe — or at least those who care about such extravagance — is familiar with the Manor, the titanic Holmby Hills megamansion built by Aaron Spelling in the s and featured on a HGTV special.
And many avid L. As some of L. Take a look. Few people know that former talk show host Arsenio Hall has long owned a sprawling compound tucked deep into a rugged and uber-remote part of the Santa Monica mountains, about halfway between Malibu and the San Fernando Valley.
Records reveal that Hall subsequently spent many millions of dollars developing a resort-like estate completely surrounded by towering walls and barbed-wire fences. And scattered around the premises are at least two structures of unknown purpose, along with miles of hiking trails, a full-size putt-putt golf course, a tennis court, and numerous other recreational amenities — built-in playsets, grassy lawns, a pergola-shaded pond, and much more.
In the mids, Miky Lee — the eldest grandchild of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul — learned that David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, and Jeffrey Katzenberg were seeking investors to help get their fledgling film studio off the ground. In return, she received Dreamworks distribution rights for nearly all of Asia, a deal that would later prove inordinately lucrative indeed. Around the same time as her colossal Dreamworks investment, Lee decided to put down permanent real estate roots in Los Angeles.
She began construction on an epic dream compound high above Beverly Hills, directly overlooking the cartoonishly opulent Beverly Park community.
Built by megamansion specialists JD Group , Futureland was completed around the turn of the century and includes two Mediterranean-style mansions: one spanning nearly 12, square feet, the other with approximately 6, Both have infinity-edged swimming pools, including one that is partially indoors.
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