As of September 2019[update], the average sale price of a home in Trousdale Estates was over $11 million.[2] According to
Bloomberg L.P. it is one of the 12 most expensive neighborhoods in the USA.[3]
History
The grounds originally belonged to Mrs. Lucy Smith Doheny Battson, wife of Edward L. Doheny, Jr. (1893–1929), son of oil tycoon
Edward L. Doheny (1856–1935); were known as the Doheny Ranch or the Doheny Estate; and included the
Greystone Mansion, which is now a United States Historical Site.[4][5][6][7] In 1954,
Paul Trousdale (1915–1990) purchased the grounds, while the mansion was purchased by industrialist
Henry Crown (1896–1990).[4][6][7][8][9][10] Shortly after, Trousdale convinced the
Beverly Hills City Council to add the neighborhood to the city, which they accepted, and he renamed it the Trousdale Estates.[5][6][8][11][12]
Trousdale first built 532 original lots, all subject to strict regulations devised by the Architectural Committee, including how high roofs could be.[11] Early houses were designed by renowned architects
Wallace Neff (1895–1982),
Paul R. Williams (1894–1980),
A. Quincy Jones (1913–1979),
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) and
Harold Levitt (1922–2003).[8]Allen Siple (1900–1973) acted as the supervising architect.[13]
By 1981, some houses were remodeled, blocking their neighbors' views.[11] As a result, after some consultation in 1987 the Trousdale Estates Homeowners Association, a non-profit organization, and the City of Beverly Hills implemented the Trousdale Ordinance to preserve the neighborhood.[11][14] There are also "view protections" that protect a resident's view from neighboring trees, outlined in the
Trousdale OrdinanceArchived 2019-09-02 at the
Wayback Machine.[15] The
City of Beverly Hills now enforces these building codes and view protections.
The 410 acres (170 ha) neighborhood has
24/7 security patrol cars with armed guards.[16] In addition, the
Beverly Hills Police Department has increased its day and night rounds in the neighborhood with dedicated patrols.[17]
Loma Vista is the main thoroughfare in Trousdale Estates.[18]
Jeffery Katzenberg, who co-founded
DreamWorks, bought a $35 million, 8,704 square feet (808.6 m2) mansion in Trousdale Estates from
Simon Ramo, an American physicist, engineer, and business leader.[25] Katzenberg hosted fundraisers for President
Barack Obama at this mansion.[26]
In July 2019,
Uber co-founder
Garrett Camp and his wife
Eliza Nguyen bought an 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) mansion for $72.5 million in Trousdale Estates.[27][28]
Trousdale Estates plays a role in Seasons Two and Three of the Showtime TV series Ray Donovan as the eponymous character attempts to buy a $4 million house in the neighborhood. In the series, it is a symbol of "moving up" from nearby
Calabasas, although it may be worth noting that Calabasas in itself is a wealthy city.[32]
References
^Price, Steven M. (17 January 2017). Trousdale Estates : Midcentury to modern in Beverly Hills. Dunning, Brad,, Schmidt, Stephen. New York, NY.
ISBN9781941393376.
OCLC961859428.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link)
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abWilliam Alexander Mcclung, Landscapes of Desire: Anglo Mythologies of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 2002, p. 132
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abcMary Ann Bonino, The Doheny Mansion: A Biography of a Home, 2008, p. 65
[2]
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abDon Sloper, Los Angeles's Chester Place, Arcadia Publishing, 2007, p. 65
[3]
^David Halberstam, The Powers That Be, Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1975, p. 344 [books.google.co.uk/books?id=M36VtDgsBfUC&pg=PA344&lpg=PA344&dq=nixon+trousdale&sa=X#v=onepage&q=nixon trousdale&f=false]