"Capo di Monte" Garage (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / Westwood / Los Angeles, California / Strada Vecchia Road, 940
 place with historical importance, residential garage
This structure was once the garage for the estate "Capo di Monte"{Top of the Mountain}. Strada Vecchia Road was once the estates driveway

"Capo di Monte" was originally built for John M. "Jake" Danziger and his wife the former Daisy Canfield, daughter of Charles A. Canfield. By architect W.J. Dodd c. 1914. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Dodd Although converted to a private residence, building is the oldest structure standing in Bel-Air!

Danziger turned a barren and desolate mountain top into into one of Southern California's greatest mansions with 35-rooms on 600-acres and extensive landscaped gardens. The Danzigers spent over $1 million on the new estate. Included on the property were tennis courts, a golf course, a swimming pool, stables, and trout hatchery. Daisy divorced "Jake" marring silent movie star Antonio Moreno - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Moreno - and sold property to Alphonso Bell Sr. who developed the community of Bel-Air. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonzo_Bell

In 1941 Atwater Kent purchased property and lived here untill his death in 1949, leaving more than $9 million to family, friends, servants and institutions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atwater_Kent_Museum_of_Philadelph...
Kent was known for his lavish parties making him Hollywood's most fabulous host of that decade. www.atwaterkent.info/akHistory.html
His $2 million, 70 painting art collection was auction off and sold for $20,000. Total. A Gainsborough sold for $1,000. A Rubens for $950. The house and land only fetched $113,000, which had shrunk to 12-acres. The mansion was demolished 1951.

For photos and additional information on the estate -
books.google.com/books?id=ydY3Gegg53EC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&d...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Atwater_Kent
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Coordinates:   34°5'24"N   118°26'36"W

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