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Doheny Mansion Public Tours

Event Description - Doheny Mansion Public Tours Step back in time to experience the Doheny Mansion as well as learn about the history of the Doheny family and the lifestyle of rich and famous Angelenos!  Walking tours of the Doheny Mansion, #8 Chester Place, located on the Mount’s downtown Los Angeles campus will be given starting at 9:45 and 10:30 a.m.  Each tour will last approximately 2 1/2 hours.  The cost is $25 per person.

Docent-led groups limited to 20 people will visit the first floor of the Mansion and outside surroundings.  Reservations are a must!  You must pay with credit card online or over the phone to hold your space. Space is limited.  No children under 12 years of age.  If you are a prospective student who would like to take a tour of the campus, please contact 213-477-2561 for the Doheny campus, and 310-954-4250 for the Chalon campus.

The home of oil baron Edward L. and Carrie Estelle Doheny for almost 60 years, the Gothic Renaissance style Victorian mansion was designed by architects Theodore Augustus Eisen and Sumner P. Hunt in 1899. The home boasts a marble-pillared great hall, the Pompeian Room with imported Siena marble and a Tiffany iridescent glass dome, furniture copied by permission of the Italian government from Pompeian furniture in a Rome museum, and many of the original furnishings in its other opulent rooms.The tour starts in the former home of Edward’s son, Ned Doheny, at #10 and includes discussion of Chester Place, an exclusive gated community of Victorian Mansions for more than 100 years.

Contact Information Date & Location

Primary Contact Leilani Ford 10 Chester Place Los Angeles, CA  90007 213/477-2962 Contact Coordinator Secondary Contact Heather Schraeder Contact Coordinator Date: January 1 - November 11, 2007  Location: Doheny Mansion 10 Chester Place Los Angeles, CA  90007 To reach the Doheny Campus of Mount St. Mary's College from the Santa Monica Freeway (10), exit Hoover and turn right (south).  Go to Adams Blvd. and turn left.  Travel about 3 blocks to St. James Place and turn left.  Turn right on St. James Park and proceed into the campus. From the Harbor Freeway (110), exit on Adams Blvd. offramp; go two blocks straight to Adams Blvd. and turn right (west).  Travel 1/2 mile, and go right on St. James Place.  Turn right onto St. James Park and proceed into the campus.

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