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Edward L. Doheny was born in 1856 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, [1] to Patrick "Pat" and Eleanor Elizabeth "Ellen" (née Quigley) Doheny. The family was Irish Catholic. His father was born in Ireland, and fled County Tipperary in the wake of the Great Famine.
Edward L. Doheny was a prospector who became wealthy in the 1880s from silver mines in the Black Range of New Mexico. [1] In 1892 he moved with his family to Los Angeles, where he sank a mine and found oil at the corner of Patton Street and West State Street. [2] This began an oil boom in Los Angeles.
It was a gift from oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny to his son, Edward "Ned" Doheny Jr. and his family. Following the purchase of the estate by the City of Beverly Hills in 1965, it became a city park in 1971, and was subsequently added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as Doheny Estate/Greystone. The house and grounds are often ...
Oil businessman Edward L. Doheny (at table, second from right) testifying before the U.S. Senate committee investigating the Teapot Dome oil leases in 1924. In April 1922, a Wyoming oil operator wrote to his senator, John B. Kendrick, angered that Sinclair had been given a contract to the lands in a secret deal.
After the shooting of his son, the Irish American oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny donated $1.1 million in 1932 to USC to build the Doheny Library. While the exterior of the library was designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram, the interiors and the final working drawings for the building were designed by Pasadena-based architect, Samuel Lunden. [1]
English: Portrait of oil magnate Edward L. Doheny, also known as E.L. or Ned Doheny. Most likely in his home which is currently on the Doheny campus of Mount Saint Mary’s University. Most likely in his home which is currently on the Doheny campus of Mount Saint Mary’s University.
Take L.A. oilman C.C. Julian, who oversold oil stock and left people destitute and dead. Or Simon Homburg, who flipped sheer mountain lots to unwitting out-of-towners.
View of Edward L. Doheny home, circa 1904 The Dohenys immediately began renovations on their new home, soon making it one of the most extravagant homes in the city. The house encompassed 24,000 square feet (2,200 m 2 ) and was constantly worked on for the 58 years the family lived there.