The Canfield-Moreno Estate is a historic residence and estate located in the Moreno Highlands neighborhood of Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California. It was designated as a

Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments are sites which have been designated by the Los Angeles, California, Cultural Heritage Commission as worthy of preservation based on architectural, historic and cultural criteria. History The Historic-Cul ...

in 1988. Originally known as Crestmount, the estate also is called the Paramour Estate.

History

The mansion is a

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mansion on 4.5 acres. It was designed by architect Robert D. Farquhar and built in 1923. When it was the opulent residence of

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Antonio Moreno Antonio Garrido Monteagudo (September 26, 1887 – February 15, 1967), better known as Antonio Moreno or Tony Moreno, was a Spanish-born American actor and film director of the silent film era and through the 1950s. Early life and silent fil ...

and his wife and oil heiress Daisy Canfield Moreno, daughter of pioneer oilman

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, it was the scene for lavish Sunday afternoon parties for members of high society and silent screen notables. On February 23, 1933, Daisy Canfield died of injuries she sustained in a car crash; her chauffeur-driven car plunged off

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while en route home from a party. Since then, the 22-room estate has seen many incarnations, including the Chloe P. Canfield School for Girls. In 1950, it became a convent for

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nuns. In the 1970s, the Franciscan nuns ran a home for girls at the estate. In 1998, the property was used as the fictional Hillcrest Academy in '' Halloween H20: 20 Years Later''. That same year the property was sold to restaurant owner Dana Hollister, who named it The Paramour Estate. In 1999, the finale of ''

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'' was filmed there. In 2021, Hollister listed it for $40 million. In 1999, the band Shivaree performed and recorded their song "

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" in the drained out pool of the estate. Throughout the early 2000s and early 2010s, the property was used in a multitude of different reality television series, including ''

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'', '' Love Games 2'', '' Rock of Love: Charm School'', ''

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'', '' Rock Star: INXS'', '' Rock Star: Supernova'', and ''The X Effect'' In 2004,

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shot the music video for her cover of

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at the Paramour Mansion. The song was the first single off of her first compilation album, '' Greatest Hits: My Prerogative''. In 2006,

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lived in the mansion, where they wrote and recorded demos for their third album, ''

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''. Vocalist

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claimed to have night terrors while staying there, which he recorded his accounts of and used in the track "Sleep" on the album. The band claimed the mansion was haunted. The estate was used as the filming location for the music video of

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's song "Glowin' Up", which was featured in the 2021

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film, '' My Little Pony: A New Generation''.

References

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