AKA: Doheny, Edward Laurence, Jr., House #1, Chester Place, West Adams District, Los Angeles, CA

Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: constructed 1899-1900

10 Chester Place
West Adams District, Los Angeles, CA 90007

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Initially, the distinguished Judge Charles Silent (1842-1918), the original developer of the Chester Place tract, sold the lot at 10 Chester Place to William Bayly (b. 1856). Colorado hardware and mining magnate Bayly was the brother-in-law of Oliver Posey (1845-1930) who built a grand mansion at 8 Chester Place between 1898-1900. John Houghton had this residence erected by 1900. Soon after he bought the Oliver Posey House at #8 Chester Place, the oilman Edward L. Doheny, Sr., (1856-1935), purchased Houghton's House next door for his son, Edward L. "Ned" Doheny, Jr. (1893-1929). The Doheny Family bought a number of lots in the exclusive Chester Place sub-division, providing them with a measure of privacy. They would need this privacy during the late 1920s, when both Doheny and his son were implicated in the sensational Teapot Dome Oil Scandal.

Demolished.

PCAD id: 12685