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>> Huell: WELL HELLO EVERYBODY.
I'M HUELL HOWSER AND YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE THE MOST ABOUT LOS ANGELES ARE ALL OF IT'S HIDDEN TUCKED AWAY, SCEKT SECRET PLACES.
AND WE'RE AT ONE OF THOSE PLACES RIGHT NOW.
AT FIRST GLANCE YOU WOULD THINK WE'RE IN A GARDEN, AND IN FACT WE ARE.
BUT THE BEAUTY OF THIS GARDEN IS IT'S LOCATED JUST A MILE FROM DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES A COUPLE OF BLOCKS OFF FIGEROA.
AND THIS IS SISTER JAMES TO TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> HERE AT THE DOHENY CAMPUS ON MOUNT MARRY CAMPUS.
>> AND HERE'S ONE OF OUR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.
>> I'M MAY.
>> WE TOLD YOU THAT SISTER JAMES WAS GOING TO BE OUR GUIDE AND WHAT DID YOU TELL US?
>> SISTER JAMES GAVE ME A B PLUS FOR BOTH SEMESTER.
>> Huell: INSTEAD OF AN A MINUS.
>> SHE'S A WONDERFUL TEACHER.
>> Huell: SO YOU'RE TOUGH.
>> OH I KNOW.
>> FOR BEING LIKE THE TEACHER THAT DOES NOT GIVE As.
>> WELL MAYBE NEXT TIME.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> BUT SHE'S A WONDERFUL TEACHER.
>> Huell: IT MUST BE WONDERFUL FOR YOU TO GO TO SCHOOL HERE.
>> IT'S LIKE A SECRET GARDEN.
IT'S NOT LIKE THE WHOLE BIG UNIVERSITY, EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME.
AND THE SISTER ARE--THEY ARE WONDERFUL.
>> Huell: I HAVE A FEEL IF YOU HAVE NEXT SEMESTER YOU'LL GET AN A.
>> I DOUBT IT.
>> Huell: WELL THAT GAVE A LITTLE WRINKLE TO THE STORY.
>> ALL MY SECRETS ARE.
>> TELL US WHERE WE ARE?
>> THIS IS THE HOME OF THE DOHENY FAMILY, YOUR VIEWERS WOULD KNOW THAT NAME.
BUT IT'S A FAMILY THAT MADE THEIR FORTUNE IN OIL SO WE'RE ONE OF THE MOVEERS AND MAKERS.
>> SO IT WAS A MOVER AND SHAKEER FAMILY.
>> THIS IS WHERE THEY LIVED, THEIR SON LIVED IN THE HOME ACROSS THE STREET.
WE HAVE THE HOME OF THE PRESIDENT OF USC.
THE LAWYER LIVED DOWN THE STREET.
OTHER PEOPLE AND SISTER--THAT BECAME PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
>> Huell: SO THEY LIKE TO LIVE TOGETHER.
>> THEY LOVE THAT.
>> Huell: AND EVEN ALL OF THIS LANDSCAPING THAT WE LOOK AT, LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL BIG TREE.
ALL THIS HAS A HISTORY TO IT, IT IS NOT HERE BY ACCIDENT.
>> NO MRS. DOHENY WANTED TO PUT IN TREES IN ORE YARD.
>> Huell: BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A CAMPUS--.
>> THAT WAS NATIVE TO CALIFORNIA.
SO SHE MADE THAT ONE OF HER OBJECT TO CALIFORNIA.
>> Huell: A LITTLE PINE TREE HERE AND THIS IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.
THIS PINE TREE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN HERE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.
>> I KNOW.
I THINK SOME MIGHT HAVE PREDATED THE HOUSE AND SOME THINGS CAME LATER.
THESE BUSHES THAT DON'T HAVE FLOWERS AT THIS MOMENT, WISH THEY WERE VISIBLE.
>> Huell: WELL YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING BLOOMING.
WE'RE WALKING THROUGH ONE NIGHT.
NOW IT'S A COLLEGE CAMPUS NOW.
IT WAS THE DOHENY FAMILY.
HOW DID IT MAKE THE SWITCH OVER.
>> WHEN MRS. DOHENY DIED SHE LEFT THE PROPERTY INCLUDING THE HOUSES TO THE ARCH DIASIS OF LOTS LOSS.
AND AND THE STORY IS THAT THE CARDINAL WAS BROUGHT IN AND I DON'T KNOW IF OUR PRESIDENT RAISED HER HAND.
BUT SISTER REBECCA WAS ABLE TO GET THE PROPERTY.
SO WE CAN START A SECOND CAMPUS AND WE BEGAN IN 1962.
>> IS THIS ONE OF THE HOUSES?
>> YES THAT WAS ONE AS--AS A MATTER OF FACT MRS. DOHENY ONE OF HER YOUNGER SISTER LIVED THERE.
>> Huell: WHAT ABOUT THE HOUSE NEXT TO IT?
IT'S NOW OUR FOOD SERVICE AND ALSO OFFICES ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSES.
>> Huell: ANOTHER DOHENY HOUSES.
>> YES.
>> Huell: SO FAR WE HAVE SEEN THREE HOUSES.
BUT WE HAVE SAVED THE BIG PAYOFF SHOT FOR THE END.
WE'RE AT THE DOHENY MANSION.
AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CLASSIC PICTURES THAT YOU SEE AT ALL THE TOUR BOOKS ABOUT LOS ANGELES.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL WHAT'S THE STORY ON THIS.
>> THIS WAS THE ACTUAL DOHENY HOUSE.
MR. DOHENY BOUGHT THIS FOR HIS WIFE PAID 120 THOUSAND AT THAT TIME.
IT HAD BE LONGED TO A DIFFERENT MAN OUT OF THE CITY HOUSE.
AND THE DOHENY'S TOOK THE HOUSE AND DECORATED AND MADE IT THEIR LIVING QUARTERS FOR THE REST OF THFR HOUSE HUELL SHUEL >> Huell: SO BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THEIR MOVERS AND SHAKERS, THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON HERE.
>> A LOT OF PARTIES AND BUSINESS DEALS WENT ON BEHIND THERE.
>> Huell: WHAT'S GOING ON THERE TODAY?
>> WE HAVE IT AS ALMOST WHEN IT WAS THE WHEN THE DOHENY FAMILY LIVED HERE.
AND SOME RESIDENT FOR THE SISTERS.
>> Huell: SO IT'S BEING PUT TO GOOD USE.
>> YES.
>> Huell: I THINK THIS IS THE BEST SHOT YOU'LL FIND IN LOS ANGELES WE'RE LOOKING AT?
>> SAINT VINCENT'S SEARCH.
CHURCH.
AND DOHENY'S HELPED PAY FOR THAT.
>> Huell: THIS CAMPUS IS SPECTACULAR.
>> WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF IT.
AND IT'S HIDDEN JUST LIKE THE STUDENTS SAID.
>> Huell: THE OUTSIDE OF DOHENY MANSION IS BEAUTIFUL.
THAT'S LIKE A TOURIST OUT THERE.
>> YES, I ALWAYS WONDERED IT WOULD BE GREAT TO LOOK AT THE VIEW BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET UP THERE.
>> Huell: WHAT KIND OF ARCHITECTURE IS THIS?
>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY LABEL THIS.
>> Huell: COULD BE A MIX OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
>> YES.
>> Huell: AND AS BEAUTIFUL AND INTERESTING AND AS EYE CATCHING AS THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOHENY MANSION IS, I HAVE ALREADY PEAKED INSIDE AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, WE'RE IN FOR A REAL TREAT.
THAT PLACE IS DROP DEAD INSIDE.
>> IT IS.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> Huell: SO YOU'RE USED TO PEOPLE WALKING IN AND SAY OH OH.
>> USUALLY THEY'RE MOUTHS DROP AND THEY STAY THAT WAY FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
>> Huell: WE'RE READY FOR OUR MOUTH TO DROPS.
LET'S GO INSIDE AND LOOK INSIDE THIS WONDERFUL OL' DOHENY MANSION.
WHICH HAS BEEN SITTING HERE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS OR MORE.
>> YES, IT WAS BUILT RIGHT AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
>> WELL HUELL WELCOME INSIDE THE DOHENY MANSION.
>> Huell: YEAH, THAT IS WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE WHEN I PEAKED IN HERE.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY MAG ANY PHYSICAL MAGNIFICENT.
>> WHEN THEY FIRST CAME HERE A BEAR RUG ON THE FLOOR WITH TEETH AND ALL.
AND THEN HEADS OF ANIMALS BUFFALO AND DEAR THAT WERE HANGING OUT OF THE WALLS.
MRS. DOHENY MANAGED TO CHANGE THAT.
>> Huell: SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE GRAND LIVING ROOM?
THE GREAT HALL.
>> YES, THE GREAT HALL KIND OF THE GATHERING PLACE.
THE LIVING ROOM SO TO SPEAK.
>> Huell: AND HERE'S THE GRANLD DINING ROOM.
>> YES.
>> Huell: THIS IS WHERE THE BIG PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES SAT IN.
>> IT MUST HAVE BEEN.
>> Huell: WHY DON'T YOU SIT THERE AND I'LL SIT OVER HERE.
THIS IS GREAT.
LOOK AT THE LENGTH OF THIS.
THIS IS WONDERFUL.
>> IF YOU NOTICE IT HAS A LOT OF LEAVES IN IT AND IF YOU NOTICE, THERE IS A LOT OF MIRRORS, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY LIKED TO LOOK AT THEMSELVES.
>> Huell: AND LOOK AT THE VIEW.
AT AT THESE ROOMS.
BACK THEN WAS THIS OFFERING GREAT OR WERE THERE OTHER GREAT MANSIONS LIKE THIS IN LOS ANGELES.
>> I THINK THAT WAS IT.
THEY SAY SHE WAS THE BELL OF SOCIETY SO I IMAGINE EVERYTHING HAD TO BE TOP NOTCH.
WE HAVE THE FIRST ELEVATOR THAT WAS IN A PRIVATE HOME IN LOS ANGELES.
AND IT'S NOT EVERY HOUSE THAT HAS AN ELEVATOR.
AND THEY DID A LOT OF ENTERTAINING.
>> Huell: HYMN LOOKING AT THE KITCHEN, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A HUGE STAFF.
>> I'M SURE MRS. DOHENY DIDN'T LOOK.
>> SHE DIDN'T.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE LIKE TH.
THE FRONT STAIRWAY WOULD BE VERY LARGE AND THE BACK WHERE THE HELP IS USE VERY NARROW STAIRWAY.
>> Huell: I JUST WALKED RIGHT BY THAT.
THE FRONT--.
>> RIGHT.
>> Huell: SO THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL.
OH MY GOSH.
>> AND THE FIREPLACE STILL WORKS.
SO IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO STILL HAVE THE GATHERING.
>> Huell: HERE IS THIS GREAT STAIRCASE.
LOUIE STAY THERE AND WE'LL MAKE OUR GRAIPT ENTRANCE.
WE'LL PRETEND WE'RE COMING TO A GRAND PARTY.
HERE WE COME.
>> THIS IS GRAND.
>> Huell: DO YOU THINK THEY ENTERED LIKE THIS.
>> I THINK SO.
AFTER SOME OF THE GUEST HAD GATHERED.
COME DOWN AND MAKE YOUR APPEARANCE.
>> Huell: THIS IS WONDERFUL.
>> I'VE ALSO HEARD STORIES ABOUT KIDS SLIDING DOWN HERE.
>> Huell: LOOK AT THE FLOORS.
>> ALL OF THE FLOORS ARE PARQUET.
AND IT'S THE DESIGN TO BE ALL AROUND HIDDEN BY SOME OF THE RUGS.
>> Huell: IT'S A SHAME TO HIDE ANY OF IT WITH RUGS.
MORE INLAID FLOORS.
>> MARBLE IS THE ELEMENT THAT YOU FIND A LOT IN THIS HOUSE.
ONE OF THE STORIES I WAS READING IS THAT THESE PILLARS WERE NOT ORIGINALLY HERE.
THEY PUT THEM IN AFTER THE EARTH QUAKE SO THEY ADDED THE PILLARS.
>> Huell: NOW WE'VE JUST TAKEN CARE OF THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AS YOU'RE WALKING IN.
WHAT WAS THIS IN HERE?
A KIND OF ANTI PARLOR.
>> THIS IS LIKE A RECEPTION ROOM.
WHEN MRS. DOHENY WOULD HAVE GATHERING SHE WOULD GREET THEM HERE.
THE SHAPE IS A VERY DISTINCT.
ALMOST LIKE AN OCTIGON.
>> THE RUG FITS THE ROOM.
>> HUH-UH, AND THE DESIGN ON THE RUGS ALSO MATCHES THE FLOWERS ON THE ROOM AND THE MIRROR.
>> SO ALL OF THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS.
>> PRETTY MUCH.
>> Huell: MAYBE I SHOULDN'T OF SHUT DOWN.
>> WE STILL USE THE DINING ROOM.
>> Huell: WHAT IS THIS THE PIANO ROOM.
>> THE MUSIC ROOM.
THESE CHAIRS IN HERE WERE THE ORIGINAL DINING ROOM CHAIRS AND THEY MOVED THEM HERE.
WE ACTUALLY USE THE PIANO.
THIS IS PIANO IS A PIAYYO.
>> LOOK AT THE INLAY HERE.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL AND LOOK AT IT HERE, LOUIE, ON THE TOP THIS WONDERFUL ALL OF THIS INLAID WORK.
>> THAT WAS A GIFT FROM MR. DOHENY TO MRS. DOHENY.
>> AND OF COURSE ALL OF THE CEILINGS HAVE THIS BUSY WORK.
>> SOME YEARS AGO WE HAD SOME OF THIS REPAINTED.
AND THE MAN THAT CAME IN THAT DID IT WITH HIS SON, HE WAS FROM BELJIN, SOMETIMES WITH A RAG TO BRING OUT THE COLOR.
>> Huell: AND THIS LITTLE ROOM OVER HERE WAS--WHAT WAS THIS IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER DINING ROOM.
>> IT'S ANOTHER LIVING ROOM IN A SENSE.
>> Huell: THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BREAKFAST ROOM.
>> IT WAS ORIGINALLY THE POOL ROOM.
THE WOOD IN HERE WAS RED WOOD.
>> AT ONE TIME WE CALLED IT THE SHIP ROOM.
>> Huell: LOOK AT THE WALLS HERE.
>> THIS IS RED WOOD.
>> THIS IS BEAUTIFUL WOOD.
>> AND THE PAINTINGS IN HERE DID BE LONGED TO A MAN NAMED JOSE BIATA AND HE GAVE US A DONATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BUILT ANOTHER PART IN THE OTHER CAMPUS AND DISPLAY HIS WORK.
>> Huell: NOW HERE'S TOUR GUIDE, NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB.
BUT RIGHT HERE IS TOUR GUIDE NUMBER 2.
HELLO.
>> YOUR NAME IS.
>> SISTER MARIE.
>> YOU WERE IN HERE DOING WHAT.
>> I WAS LOOKING AT THE PICTURES THAT WERE NOT VERY STRAIGHT.
>> Huell: IT LOOKS GREAT IN THE PICTURES AND FURNITURE.
>> Huell: NOW YOU LIVE IN THIS HOUSE AND FOR HOW MANY YEARS.
>> 36 YEARS.
>> Huell: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE IN HERE.
>> IT'S WONDERFUL, BUT IT'S JUST THE USUAL PLACE.
>> Huell: YOU'RE USED TO IT.
THANK YOU UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE.
>> I KNOW IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> Huell: CAN YOU TAKE OVER THE TOUR AND TELL US WHAT THIS WAS.
>> IT WAS THE LIBRARY, AND IT USED TO HAVE BOOKS AND THE BOOK OF KAILZ THEY WERE ALL DONATED THROUGH THE LIBRARY FROM CAMARILLO.
>> Huell: SO THERE WAS ANOTHER ROOM HERE.
>> THAT WAS MRS. DOHENY'S OFFICE.
WHEN SHE DIED SHE HAD IT ADDED WITH THE PANELING OF HIS OFFICE.
>> Huell: THROUGH THE ATLANTIC OIL FIELD.
AND THIS IS MR. DOHENY'S ORIGINAL OFFICE.
NOW SHE WOULD SIT HERE AT THE DESK CAN AND DO BUSINESS.
>> I THINK BUT MOSTLY SHE LOVED TO READ.
AND THESE WERE NOT KNICKKNACKS OR OBJECTS OF ART BUT BOOKS.
>> Huell: SO THIS WHOLE AREA WAS FULL OF BOOKS.
>> AND SHE HAD A CHAIR WHEN SHE WAS TIRED AND READ AND SHE DID THE SAME THING IN THE POOL ROOM.
SHE HAD BOOKS WHERE THE CASES ARE--PICTURES ARE AND SHE WOULD NOT THE CASES JUST THE WALL WHERE THE PICTURES ARE, AND SHE WOULD WATCH THE GAME THAT WAS BEING PLAYED OR THE POOL WHEN SHE WAS READING.
>> Huell: SO SHE WAS A READER.
>> GREAT READER.
>> Huell: YOU NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HER.
>> ACTUALLY YES, I DID MEET HER TWICE.
WHEN WE WERE NOVICES WE CAME TO SING FOR HER.
>> Huell: WHAT WAS SHE LIKE.
>> VERY FRIENDLY AND NICE PERSON, SERIOUS VERY FRIENDLY.
>> Huell: THAT WAS EXCITING TO SING FOR HER.
>> WE HAVE A PICTURE OVER HERE--OH THE PAINTING THAT WAS THE PICTURE OF HER READING.
>> SHE WAS ALMOST BLIND AT THE END OF HER LIFE.
DO YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF LIFE THERE.
>> Huell: WAS SHE ON THE PHONE?
SHE'S ON THE PHONE AND RESTING.
AND SHE ALWAYS HAS THESE FLOWERS.
I ONLY CAME TWICE AND BOTH TIMES THOSE ROSES AND THOSE OTHER FLOWERS WERE THERE.
>> Huell: SO SHE LIKED FLOWERS.
>> LOVED FLOWERS.
>> Huell: THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS SHE HAD A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN.
>> YES, TWO OR THREE GARDENS.
>> THEY ARE SAD THIS YEAR.
>> Huell: YOU WORKOUT THERE.
>> I DON'T WORK THERE BUT I PICK THEM.
>> Huell: LET'S MEET UP WITH SISTER JAMES NOW.
>> ON BOTH SIDES--.
>> Huell: YOU KNOW I THINK YOU'VE GIVEN THIS TOUR BEFORE.
>> MAYBE.
>> Huell: WHEN PEOPLE COME IN THEY WANT TO HEAR THE STORIES.
PEOPLE ARE FASCINATED BY THIS PLACE AREN'T THEY.
>> THEY REALLY ENJOY IT.
>> Huell: OH THEY PEEK IN.
>> SO THEY CAN COME AND SEE IT.
>> Huell: SHE HAD MORE INTERESTING INFORMATION THAN YOU DID DID MRS. DOHENY.
SHE ACTUALLY MET MRS. DOHENY.
I TWICE.
>> I WISH.
>> >> I CAN SING AND YOU CAN'T SING.
>> Huell: YOU SAVED THE BEST ROOM.
THAT'S SISTER MARY'S.
>> Huell: THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE JAW DROPS.
TELL US ABOUT THIS ROOM.
LOOK AT THIS.
>> THIS IS THE POM PAY ROOM, AND THIS WAS AN ADDITION PAID TO THE HOUSE BY MRS. DOHENY IN 1906.
THIS USED TO BE AN OPEN COURT, THE BUSINESS ENDED IN THE DOORS THAT WE JUST CAME OUT TO.
AND SHE HAD SEEN THIS WHEN SHE HAD TRAVELED TO ITALY AND SHE GOT THE PERMISSION FROM THE I WILL ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO MAKE A ROOM AND ATTACH IT TO THE MANSION.
>> Huell: THIS LEADED GLASS.
>> IT WAS DONE BY TIFFANY AND IT'S FIBERGLASS AND I'VE HEARD TWO STORIES.
I HEARD THAT EACH ONE OF THE SHAPES WAS 11 AND THAT IT WAS 18 SO I USUALLY TELL PEOPLE IT WAS 15.
>> IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LIGHTING.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE HAD MADE FOR THIS ROOM WAS A MIRROR TOP TABLE THAT WOULD SEAT 42 PEOPLE AND BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE IN THE DOME AND TABLE, IT WOULD GIVE YOU A DIZZYING AFFECT.
>> Huell: WHAT WAS THIS ROOM USED FOR.
>> DANCES AND CONCERTS, AND ONE MORE THING YOU SEE ALL THE PLUGS AROUND.
SHE USED TO PLUG THE SEWING MACHINES FOR THE LADIES OF CHARITY TO SEW FOR THE CHURCH AND--.
>> Huell: SO FROM THE EARLIEST DAZE SHE WA EARLIEST--DAYS SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> ONE OF THE SISTER SAID TO HER I USED TO COME WITH MY MOTHER TO SEW IN HERE.
>> Huell: I WONDER WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE TO COME HERE FOR ONE OF THE DANCES.
>> IT'S GOT GREAT ACOUSTICS IN THIS ROOM.
>> Huell: AND DON'T THEY HAVE CONCERTS IN HERE.
>> THE COLLEGE DOES.
SOMETIMES PIANO BY IT SELF, SOMETIMES IT WILL BE A CORE TECH, WE'VE IT SINGING BUT IT'S WONDERFUL ACOUSTICS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE MICROPHONES OR AMPLIFIERS.
>> Huell: LOOK AT THIS, LOUIE, THIS ALL TIFFANY.
>> WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S ALL TIFFANY.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE TIFFANY DID THE DOME.
BUT THE STAIN GLASS SKY LIGHTS AND THEY BRING IN A LOT OF LIGHTS.
>> Huell: NOW WE CAME OUT OF THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE GLASS ON TOP OF THERE.
AND YOU SAID THAT OVER HERE WAS?
>> THE CARRIAGE HOUSE WHERE THE HAY WAS UPSTAIRS AND HORSES DOWN BELOW.
BEFORE THE MOTORIZED CARS.
>> Huell: WE'RE NOT HERE TO SEE THE CARRIAGE HOUSE.
HERE HERE WE'RE TO SEE WHAT.
>> THE POOL, THE OL' PALM HOUSE.
IT HAS PALM TREES AND 5,000 ORCHIDS.
THAT BELONGS TO THE DOHENY.
>> Huell: THAT WAS WHAT'S INSIDE OF THE GLASS.
>> A BIG COLLECTION OF PALMS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
>> Huell: INSIDE HERE?
AND SHE SAY IT WAS VERY MUGGY.
IT WAS NOT THE MOST COMFORTABLE PLACE TO COM SWIMMING.
>> Huell: DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN IT HAD THE GLASS.
>> I NEVER CAME SWIMMING.
>> Huell: BUT THE POOL WAS BIGGER.
AND IN FACT IT HAD A LITTLE BOAT ON IT.
WHEN DID THE GLASS COME DOWN?
>> 71--I'M NOT POSITIVE.
>> Huell: WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE PALMS.
THEY WERE TRANSPLANTED BEFORE WE CAME.
IN DIFFERENT PARTS AND MUSEUMS.
>> Huell: SO THEY'RE ALL OVER CALIFORNIA NOW.
>> YES, BUT THE, ORCHIDS WERE GIVEN AWAY.
>> CHILDREN STARTED BREAKING THE GLASS.
>> Huell: THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
THE BIRDS ARE SINGING AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
DO YOU THINK THE DOHENY WOULD GO SWIMMING.
>> EVIDENTLY AND THEY WOULD HAVE PARTIES OUT IN THIS AREA.
>> MANY OF THE PRIEST AND GUEST CAME SWIMMING.
>> Huell: AND IT'S STILL USED AS A POOL.
DID YOU TELL ME THERE IS STUDENT PARTIES.
>> YES, IT'S VERY NICE AND PRIVATE.
>> Huell: YEAH.
>> COMPLETE WITH HELICOPTERS FLYING.
>> Huell: YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE.
THIS YOU'RE LIVING HERE THIS IS LIKE YOUR HOUSE.
>> NOT REALLY MINE BUT I REALLY ENJOY IT.
I APPRECIATE IT AND THANK MRS. DOHENY IN MY PRAYERS.
>> Huell: I WANT TO THANK YOU.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU.
IF YOU WERE NOT DUSTING, WE WOULD HAVE NOT FOUND YOU.
>> SHE WAS AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
>> Huell: SISTER JAMES, THIS HOUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START COMING.
IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
>> NO, BUT WE DO OCCASIONALLY HAVE TOUR.
AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME.
>> Huell: AND THEY CAN SEE THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE AND WALK AROUND THE BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS.
WITH BEAUTIFUL GARDENS, TREES PLANTED BY MRS. DOHENY YEARS AGO.
IT'S REALLY A FLASH BACK TO A CHAPTER OF L.A. HISTORY THAT MOST OF US HAVE FORGOTED.
>> TRUE, A LOT OF PEOPLE DRIVE BY AND DON'T REALIZE THAT'S WHAT WAS INSIDE THE GATES.
>> Huell: IT'S A GRAND, AS WE SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM, IT'S A SECRET PLACE THAT MAKES LOS ANGELES A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT STAY HERE AND THANK THE DOHENY FAMILY FOR ALL THEY DID FOR OUR CITY AND FOR ALL THE GOOD THEY ARE CONTINUING TO DO THROUGH THEIR LEGACY.
IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL PART OF OUR CITY HISTORY.
"CAPTIONING EQUIPMENT DONATED BY LLOYD RIGLER AND PERFORMED BY RAPIDTEXT."