C.E. Toberman Estate

Infobox_nrhp | name =Toberman, C. E., Estate
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caption = Charles Toberman Estate, 2008
location= 1847 Camino Palmero, Hollywood, California
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 6
lat_seconds = 20
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 118
long_minutes = 20
long_seconds = 57
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
built =1926
architect= Russell & Alpaugh
architecture= Mission/Spanish Revival
added = September 15 1983
governing_body = Private
refnum=83001205cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The C. E. Toberman Estate, also known as Via Las Colinas, is a gated Mission Revival mansion and estate on Camino Palermo in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Architecture

In 1922, C. E. Toberman hired architects Russell & Alspagh to design his dream house, which took two years to build and was completed in 1924. The estate, built on a two-acre lot, includes a 19-room, 9,800 square foot main house, a 1,809 square foot guest apartment and garage, and a separate natatorium with a 30 by 50 foot 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 enclosed swimming pool, tennis courts and formal gardens.cite news|author=Evelyn DeWolfe|title=Comeback for Hollywood Dream House: Mansion Undergoes Restoration|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1984-04-08]

History

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. [cite news|author=Evelyn DeWolfe|title=C.E. Toberman, Hollywood Developer, Dies;Developer Called 'Mr. Hollywood' Dies|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1981-11-29] 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.cite news|title=Sands sells Italian villa for $1 million |publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1980-11-21] 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. [cite news|title=She'll Be Back, Agent Says; Bette Davis Buys Home in Maine; Furniture Here Loaded in Vans|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1953-05-28]

In 1980, the Toberman estate sold for $1 million (then a record price for a house in the Los Colinos section of Hollywood), and it was listed for sale in 1982 at a price of $1.5 million.cite news|title=Hollywood villa now listed at $1.5 million|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1982-04-18] The estate was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, after the property was purchased and renovated by Beverly Hills attorney and investor Donald L. Hunt. In the 1980s the house was recommended for Historic-Cultural Monument status by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission, but the proposal was initially rejected by the City Council because "the property owner and the councilman of the district object." [cite news|author=Richard Simon|title=Historic-Cultural Monuments L.A.'s Landmark Mix: Significant to Kitschy|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1988-06-23] The estate was later designated as Historic Cultural Monument #285. [cite web|title=Historic Cultural Monuments|publisher=City of Los Angeles|url=http://www.cityprojectca.org/ourwork/documents/HCMDatabase090707.pdf]

The Toberman Estate has long been a popular filming location. In 1990, it was the principal filming location for the film "Where Sleeping Dogs Lie".cite news|author=David Wallace|title=They Won't Let `Sleeping Dogs' Lie: Fourteen year's after actor Peter Finch's death, his son and ex-wife have become a director-writer team|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1990-12-30] The Toberman Estate was also used as "the hip 'trophy' house of Vincent Chase on the first two seasons of HBO's "Entourage". [cite news|author=Audrey Davidow|title=Set Pieces: A home that comes with an `Entourage’|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=2007-07-05|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/05/home/hm-entourage5 ("Vincent Chase's first mansion was just three doors down, in the former home of 1920s real estate magnate Charles Toberman.")]

The estate was later renamed "Via Las Colinas" and is rented for receptions and special events at price of "$10,000–$50,000 depending on your event's requirements."cite news|title=Via Las Colinas|publisher=Here Comes the Guide|url=http://www.herecomestheguide.com/location/detail/via-las-colinas]

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles

References