Owlwood Estate

Owlwood Estate
General information
Location 141 South Carolwood, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°04′53″N 118°25′32″W / 34.0813936°N 118.4255765°W / 34.0813936; -118.4255765
Completed 1937
Client Florence Letts Quinn
Design and construction
Architect Robert D. Farquhar

Owlwood Estate is a mansion in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California.

Location

It is located at 141 South Carolwood, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California.[1]

Overview

The 12,000-square-foot Tuscan-style mansion was designed by architect Robert D. Farquhar (1872-1967) in 1937.[2][3] It has eight bedrooms, ten bathrooms, a tennis court, a pool house and a swimming pool.[4]

Ownership

The first owners were Charles H. Quinn (1876-1975), a businessman, and Florence Letts Quinn (1868-1944), ex-wife of Arthur Letts (1862–1923).[1][5]

It was later owned by Joe Schenck (1878-1961), followed by Tony Curtis (1925-2010), Sonny Bono (1935-1998) and Cher, Roland Arnall (1939-2008), who added two adjacent lots to the estate.[1][2][3][4]

In 2012, it was listed for US$150 million.[2][3][4]

In September 2016, The Owlwood estate sold for $90 million USD. The buyer, Sturmer Pippin Investments, LLC, was represented by Los Angeles luxury real estate agency Mercer Vine. Bob Shapiro, head of Sturmer Pippin Investments and Woodbridge Luxury Homes, said he intends to honor the property's legendary past.[6] The Owlwood purchase is one of the highest prices ever paid for a home in Los Angeles history, and it occurred in the same year as the $100 million USD Playboy Mansion sale. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Marc Wanamaker, Westwood, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2010
  2. 1 2 3 Ann Brenoff, Owlwood Estate In Holmby Hills, Calif. On The Market For $150 Million, The Huffington Post, August 13, 2012
  3. 1 2 3 Jennifer Exley, Infamous Owlwood Estate Listed for $150 Million, The Hollywood Reporter, Jule 26, 2012
  4. 1 2 3 Lauren Beale, Big listings land in Los Angeles and Orange counties, The Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2012
  5. ↑ FindAGrave: Florence Martha (Letts) Quinn
  6. ↑ Samantha Sharf, L.A.'s Storied Owlwood Estate Sells To Developer For $90 Million, Forbes, September 16th, 2016
  7. ↑ Neal J. Leitereg, Owlwood's $90-million sale continues spate of high-end transactions in L.A., The Los Angeles Times, October 14th, 2016
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.