C.E. Toberman Estate
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Toberman, C. E., Estate
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Charles Toberman Estate, 2008
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| Location | 1847 Camino Palmero St, Los Angeles, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°6′17.64″N 118°21′1.08″W / 34.1049000°N 118.3503000°WCoordinates: 34°6′17.64″N 118°21′1.08″W / 34.1049000°N 118.3503000°W |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | Russell & Alpaugh |
| Architectural style | Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 83001205 |
| LAHCM # | 285 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 15, 1983 |
| Designated LAHCM | October 3, 1984 |
The C. E. Toberman Estate, also known as Villa Las Colinas, is a gated Mission Revival mansion and estate on Camino Palmero in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1984..
In 1922, C. E. Toberman hired architects Russell & Alpaugh to design his Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style dream house, which took two years to build and was completed in 1924. The estate, built on a 2-acre (8,100 m2) lot, includes a 19-room, 9,800-square-foot (910 m2) main house, a 1,809-square-foot (168.1 m2) guest apartment and garage, and a separate natatorium with a 30 by 50-foot (15 m) tiled pool with cabanas under skylights. The main house has eight fireplaces, a butler's pantry and cut-crystal doorknobs. Toberman, who lived to be 101 years old, recalled in a 1981 interview that the estate became "practically a country club" with its enclosed swimming pool, tennis courts, a nine-hole pitch-and-putt golf course, and formal gardens.
The house was built for Charles E. Toberman (1880-1981), a noted real estate developer who was known as "Mr. Hollywood" and the "Father of Hollywood" for his role in developing Hollywood and many of its landmarks, including the Hollywood Bowl, Grauman's Chinese Theater, the Roosevelt Hotel, the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre and the Hollywood Masonic Temple.
The house was reportedly featured in the first issue of Architectural Digest with a young Bette Davis at the front door. The Toberman family lived at the estate until 1941. It was situated on one of the most exclusive streets in Hollywood, adjacent to the Errol Flynn estate and with neighbors including Bette Davis, Samuel Goldwyn, Preston Sturges, Al Jolson, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson and Fatty Arbuckle.
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