[CityBoyDoug]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Thanks CityBoyDoug and GW!



The Villa Leon is so magnificent.


http://www.experiencingla.com/2010/10/not-getty.html


It appears part of the grounds have collapsed.


http://www.experiencingla.com/2010/10/not-getty.html

So who lives there..... or is it unoccupied?_

Villa Leon...

Villa Leon interior. Built in 1926 and contains 35 rooms. Here is some history of the villa and more excellent photos of the original interior. ....https://paradiseleased.wordpress.com...ream-realized/ ..


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The Villa de Leon was named after wealthy wool magnate and entrepreneur, Leon Kauffman, who purchased six elevated lots in the 1920s in the new Castellammare (Castle by the sea) area on the Malibu coast, North of Sunset Boulevard and high above what would soon become Roosevelt Highway, predecessor of the Pacific Coast Highway.
Kauffman selected architect Kenneth MacDonald in 1926 to design this 12,000-square-foot palazzo in the Beaux- Arts European tradition. This imposing structure features 35 rooms, including nine bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a huge grand salon (32’ x 64’), a library, a circular dining room, a butler’s pantry, an elevator and a seven-car garage. The construction price of $1 million (that was a lot of money in the late ‘20s!) included a first-ever central vacuum, several hand-made crystal chandeliers, Italian tiles, imported marbles, hand-carved wooden beams, mahogany paneling from Thailand, magnificent wrought-iron gates, even gold grouting for the Italian tiles.


On the market and listed for $10M....? link: http://www.randyfreeman4realestate.c...ades-ca-90272/