Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills - Architect Gordon B. Kaufman - English Gothic Revival - 46,000 square feet of living space - completed in 1928 for the Doheny family - landscape architect, Paul G. Thiene - gardens surrounding the estate a mix of gothic and neoclassic -
Oil baron Edward Doheny gave the property to his son Ned as a wedding gift. In 1928, Ned constructed this enormous, fifty-five-room Tudor-style mansion. Six months after Ned's family moved in, Ned was shot by his personal secretary (and, rumor has it, gay lover) in a murder-suicide. Ned's widow and children stayed on until the fifties, then the family gave the property to the city of Beverly Hills and it and the grounds are now a public park. It may look familiar. Many major Hollywood films were shot here.
Photos from Wednesday, November 23, 2005, late afternoon -
A note on these photographs:
Oil baron Edward Doheny gave the property to his son Ned as a wedding gift. In 1928, Ned constructed this enormous, fifty-five-room Tudor-style mansion. Six months after Ned's family moved in, Ned was shot by his personal secretary (and, rumor has it, gay lover) in a murder-suicide. Ned's widow and children stayed on until the fifties, then the family gave the property to the city of Beverly Hills and it and the grounds are now a public park. It may look familiar. Many major Hollywood films were shot here.
Photos from Wednesday, November 23, 2005, late afternoon -
A note on these photographs:
The links, bottom right, will take you to reference sites and the weekly Just Above Sunset, or to the daily web log As Seen from Just Above Sunset. These two provide links to many other photo albums.1.) If you use any of these photos for commercial purposes I assume you'll discuss that with me.
2.) These were shot with a Nikon D70 - lens AF-5 Nikor 18-70mm 1:35-4.5G ED.
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