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| Villa de Leon, Kauffman Estate, 17948 porto marina, pacific palisades, california, real estate appraiser, anna fuchs, mary cummins, los angeles, getty villa, castellammare, italian revival, leon kauffman, kenneth macdonald Photo: Mary Cummins |
Villa de Leon aka Kauffman Estate is located at 17948 Porto Marina,
Pacific Palisades, California 90272. The home survived the Palisades fires. I believe it survived because the Fire Department probably thought it was part of the Getty Villa. It does have a cement facade and tile roof but it's not really fire resistant. Brush clearance was very good but the fire and winds were intense.
While I was there I noticed the front door was open. I was worried maybe someone was robbing the place as the owner doesn't live there. You need special permits to get to this area because of the fires. I have one of those permits. I then noticed a lovely lady weeding out front. I said over the fence "You have a beautiful house." She replied "someday it will be." I replied back "it's beautiful already." That was the owner Dr. Anna Rosciszewski Fuchs. She owns it in trust with her father Jan Rosciszewski who passed away in 2022 at the age of 94. I guess everything is relative. This is no denying that this is an amazingly beautiful home.
Villa Leon was built in 1926 for Austrian investor Leon Kauffman and his wife. It was designed by architect
Kenneth MacDonald. It's currently a 35-room, 10,277 sq ft mansion in the Italian Revival style. The home was listed for sale at $14,995,000 and sold for $10,000,000 to the present day owners in 2005. Below original building permit says it has 18 rooms. It's 104' x 83' and 44' tall. It has a basement and three upper levels. Parking is underground. It is the Castle Rock tract lots 12-17. Home is on lot 12. Thomas Guide 630F6. APN 4416-015-062 Alternate addresses 17944, 17948, 17942 W Porto Marina Way. Tax states completed 1927.
Here is the basic plan of the home and property from ladbs.org The land issues are at the front near PCH.
Here are some more photos which I took yesterday.
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| Front door of Villa Leon 17948 Porto Marina, Pacific Palisades, California by Mary Cummins |
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Rear of Villa Leon 17948 Porto Marina, Pacific Palisades, California by Mary Cummins
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Villa Leon 17948 Porto Marina, Pacific Palisades, California by Mary Cummins
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Villa Leon 17948 Porto Marina, Pacific Palisades, California by Mary Cummins
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Villa Leon 17948 Porto Marina, Pacific Palisades, California by Mary Cummins
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The last MLS listing for property in 2005.
Plat map of property
Old postcards which I am using under the Fair Use of Copyright Act taken from the MLS listing website. These were personal postcards which one is allowed to scan and post.
Old web archive the 2005 listing with lots of photos and a Flash swf video
I turned the MLS swf into a video but it sped up for some reason. It's a photo slideshow.
Below are a few photos from the MLS video from 2005. I am a member of the MLS. These photos are used under the Fair Use of Copyright Act.
Pages from a 1928 Architectural Digest article about the mansion. Photos are in black and white because 1928.
Text excerpt from a book about the mansion
Embedded Google map.
Mary Cummins of Cummins Real Estate is a certified residential licensed appraiser in Los Angeles, California. Mary Cummins is licensed by the California Bureau of Real Estate appraisers and has over 35 years of experience.
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