OPEN DAILY 10am – 5pm- Beverly Hills
The historic Greystone Mansion and Gardens is owned by the City of Beverly Hills and is operated through the Department of Community Services – Recreation and Parks Division.
Greystone Mansion, and the surrounding grounds it shares its magnificent beauty with, are rich in California history. Edward Laurence Doheny, the original proprietor of the Greystone land, was born in 1856 in the small Midwestern town of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. By the time he was a young teen, Doheny’s adventuresome spirit and love of the wilderness led him to prospecting for gold and soon thereafter, oil. In 1892, Doheny and his friend Charles A. Canfield, were the first to strike oil in Los Angeles. They later discovered large oil deposits in Mexico which, combined with their Los Angeles holdings, made them the largest producers of oil in the world at that time.
Edward Doheny and his wife Carrie Louella Wilkins had two children. Their first, a daughter Eileen, passed away when she was just seven years old. On November 6, 1893, their only son, Edward “Ned” Laurence Doheny, Jr., was born and grew up as heir to one of the world’s great financial empires. Ned went on to marry Lucy Smith of Pasadena and in 1926 Edward Laurence Doheny Sr. gave his son as a wedding gift a premium parcel of land consisting of 12.58 acres with sweeping citywide views.
Construction of the palatial manor home began February 15, 1927 and although Ned, his wife Lucy, and their five children moved into the residence in September 1928, the estate took three years to complete at a cost of over $3 million, an almost unimaginable sum in real estate at the time.
Due to the current circumstances surrounding COVID-19, the Doheny Greystone Estate is open to the public by reservation only. Please make a reservation here:
beverlyhills.org/visitgreystone
Park grounds are usually open to the public daily, but may occasionally be closed for holidays, filming or special events.
No fee for parking or park admission on open park days.
Greystone Mansion and Gardens is open only for special events.
For information on park closings, weddings, photography and other private events at Greystone, contact the Greystone office,
310-285-6830, or visit the Park website at www.beverlyhills.org/Greystone
Hours
Open Daily: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Day Light Savings Hours: 10:00am – 6:00pm
For additional information, visit the website @
https://www.greystonemansion.org/
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