"The young Dohenys built the legendary Greystone mansion next to the former Doheny Ranch in Beverly Hills. The Tudor-style estate, with garages, stables, kennels, service buildings, swimming pool, two tennis courts and English- and Italian-style gardens cost $3.1 million in 1928, excluding the 19 acres of land."
"Mrs. Battson lived in Greystone for 26 years. But in 1954, she sold the 410-acre Doheny Ranch to Paul Trousdale, who developed it into Trousdale Estates. She built a smaller mansion nearby and sold Greystone in 1955 to a Chicago industrialist for $1.5 million."
"Mrs. Battson's first husband, known as Ned Doheny, lived in the house less than a year before he was fatally shot by his secretary on Feb. 16, 1929. The secretary then killed himself. The young widow served as administrator of Doheny's estate of about $14 million in stock."
Lucy Smith Doheny Battson, the 100-year-old matriarch of Southern California's prominent Doheny petroleum family, passed away at her Los Angeles home. She married Edward Laurence Doheny Jr. in 1914 and had five children. The couple built the iconic Greystone mansion in Beverly Hills in 1928, a Tudor-style estate costing $3.1 million on 19 acres with extensive amenities. After her first husband's tragic death in 1929, she remarried financier Leigh M. Battson in 1932. She sold the Doheny Ranch to developer Paul Trousdale in 1954 and Greystone in 1955. The mansion later became a Beverly Hills city park and housed the American Film Institute. Mrs. Battson was a founding member and president of the Junior League of Los Angeles and remained active in civic organizations.
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