Trousdale Estates is a neighborhood of Beverly Hills, California , located in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains . It was developed in the 1950s and 1960s and is named after Paul Trousdale , a real estate developer.
14-456: Trousdale may refer to: Places in the United States [ edit ] Trousdale Estates , Beverly Hills, California Trousdale, Kansas Trousdale, Oklahoma Trousdale County, Tennessee Trousdale Place , former home of Tennessee governor William Trousdale Vessels [ edit ] USS Trousdale (AKA-79) People with
28-715: A reported $ 13.5 million. In February 2022, David Spade sold his home in Trousdale Estates for a reported $ 19.5 million. 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 . 34°06′13″N 118°23′50″W / 34.1035°N 118.3973°W / 34.1035; -118.3973 Harold Levitt Harold Levitt (1921–2003)
42-542: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Trousdale Estates As of September 2019 , the average sale price of a home in Trousdale Estates was over $ 11 million. According to Bloomberg L.P. it is one of the 12 most expensive neighborhoods in the USA. 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
56-422: Is the main thoroughfare in Trousdale Estates. Celebrity residents have included Elvis Presley , Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Tony Curtis , Ray Charles , Howard Hughes , and Groucho Marx . President Richard Nixon lived in the neighborhood from 1962 to 1963. When Nixon, who had just been Vice President from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower , purchased his residence, Frank McCullogh of
70-469: The Los Angeles Times reported that he had paid only $ 90,000 for a house whose real price was $ 300,000, as the developers believed his name would add prestige to the neighborhood. More recently, Jennifer Aniston , Elton John , David Spade , Vera Wang , Billy Dee Williams , John Rich , Jane Fonda , Richard Perry , Markus Persson , Ringo Starr , Simon Cowell , and Charlie Puth have lived in
84-601: The Trousdale Ordinance Archived 2019-09-02 at the Wayback Machine . 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. In addition, the Beverly Hills Police Department has increased its day and night rounds in the neighborhood with dedicated patrols. Loma Vista
98-651: The Doheny Ranch or the Doheny Estate; and included the Greystone Mansion , which is now a United States Historical Site. In 1954, Paul Trousdale (1915–1990) purchased the grounds, while the mansion was purchased by industrialist Henry Crown (1896–1990). Shortly after, Trousdale convinced the Beverly Hills City Council to add the neighborhood to the city, which they accepted, and he renamed it
112-489: The Trousdale Estates. Trousdale first built 532 original lots, all subject to strict regulations devised by the Architectural Committee, including how high roofs could be. 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). Allen Siple (1900–1973) acted as
126-574: The neighborhood. Jeffery Katzenberg , who co-founded DreamWorks , bought a $ 35 million, 8,704 square feet (808.6 m ) mansion in Trousdale Estates from Simon Ramo , an American physicist, engineer, and business leader. Katzenberg hosted fundraisers for President Barack Obama at this mansion. In July 2019, Uber co-founder Garrett Camp and his wife Eliza Nguyen bought an 11,000 square feet (1,000 m ) mansion for $ 72.5 million in Trousdale Estates. In August 2021, Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber sold their home in Trousdale Estates for
140-609: The supervising architect. By 1981, some houses were remodeled, blocking their neighbors' views. 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. There are also "view protections" that protect a resident's view from neighboring trees, outlined in
154-473: The surname [ edit ] Ann Wagner née Trousdale (born 1962), American politician and diplomat Chris Trousdale (1985–2020), American pop singer and actor Gary Trousdale (born 1960), American animated movie director William Trousdale (1790–1872), governor of Tennessee Paul Trousdale (1915–1990), American real estate developer Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
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182-576: Was an American architect. Harold Warren Levitt was born on July 26, 1921, in San Francisco, California . He received a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Arts from Stanford University and an architecture degree from the University of Southern California . He worked for Roland Coate and Burton Schutt before he founded his own architectural company, Levitt, LeDuc & Farwell, in the 1950s. The company
196-719: Was headquartered in Beverly Hills, California . He designed homes for Walter Mirisch , Steven Spielberg , Lew Wasserman , Olivia Newton-John , Ross Hunter , Quincy Jones , Burt Lancaster , Dean Martin , Debbie Reynolds , Lionel Richie , Kenny Rogers and Hal Wallis . He also designed the Riviera Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills. He
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