a tale of of
t wo estates
Two legendary L.A. landmarks help
cement the city's standing as a major player
in the estate game—fascinating past
and unpredicted present
Entry to Club James at the James Goldstein Residence; the Formal
Garden at Greystone Mansion, designed as part of the original
grounds by Paul iene, features a classic fountain and slate
walkway surrounding the sunken grass area with white rose border.
B
efore the name "Doheny"
denoted the upper crust
of Los Angeles, it signified
the ambition of one man: Edward
Laurence Doheny (the source for the
character Daniel Plainview in There
Will Be Blood and a real-life player
in the Teapot Dome scandal). The
native Midwesterner landed in L.A.
from a considerably smaller town in
Wisconsin with a prospector's spirit.
But when Doheny's initial hope for
gold turned to thoughts of oil, he
and his friend Charles A. Canfield
became the first to strike the slick in
Los Angeles in 1892. Though fortune
favored Doheny in the oil fields, it
did not smile upon his first marriage
to Carrie Louella Wilkins, which
ended in divorce but did produce an
heir, Edward "Ned" Doheny.
Greystone Mansion
& Gardens:
The Doheny Estate
W R I T T E N BY J E N N T H O R N TO N
JA M ES G O L D S T E I N R ES I D E N C E
P H OTO G R A P H Y BY
PAU L J O N A S O N
G R E YS TO N E M A N S I O N & G A R D E N S
T H E D O H E N Y ES TAT E P H OTO S C O U R T ES Y
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T H E C I T Y O F B E V E R LY H I L L S
