{"nrhp_refnum":"76000485","name":"Doheny Estate/Greystone","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"905 Loma Vista Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beverly Hills","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.09185415950006,"lon":-118.40128743529323,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-04-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former private estate at 905 Loma Vista Drive in Beverly Hills, California, now an 18.6-acre public park. It centers on a 55-room mansion with outbuildings and formal gardens, built 1925-29 for Edward L. Doheny Jr. by his father.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the mansion as the finest example of what it calls Early Los Angeles Baronial architecture, blending Gothic, English and Italian forms. It cites the steel-frame and reinforced concrete construction, the Indiana limestone walls, and the formal gardens with sculpture and fountains. It also ties the estate to oilman Edward L. Doheny and to its later use for arts and film education.","narrative":"Greystone is an 18.6-acre estate in Beverly Hills, now a city park, built between 1925 and 1929 for Edward L. Doheny Jr. by his father, an oil magnate. Architect Gordon B. Kaufmann designed the 55-room mansion, and P.J. Walker Co. built it at a cost of about four million dollars. Its three-foot-thick Indiana limestone walls, Welsh slate roof, and steel frame reinforced with concrete support interiors of Italian marble, carved oak and walnut, a theatre and bowling alleys. The style is described as Early Los Angeles Baronial, mixing Gothic, English and Italian forms. The grounds hold a firehouse, stables, garages, a greenhouse, a gatehouse and sixteen acres of formal gardens with fountains and sculpture. The Doheny family lived here until 1955, and citizens later saved it from subdivision. The city purchased it in 1964. The American Film Institute leases the mansion for its film studies center, and concerts and theatre take place on the grounds.","period_of_significance":"Built from 1925-29","architect_builder":"Architect Gordon B. Kaufmann; builder P.J. Walker Co.","architectural_style":"Early Los Angeles Baronial, with Gothic, English and Italian elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"In good condition and in use: the City of Beverly Hills owns it and leases the mansion to the American Film Institute, and the grounds are open as a public park daily. Alterations include an underground reservoir with a parking lot on top.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.928427-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/76000485.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000485/41e284b68c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000485/41e284b68c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greystone_Mansion.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greystone_Mansion.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859065","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greystone_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5608502"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/doheny-estate-greystone-76000485/"}