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The Barrymore estate becomes the Wheeler estate
Cindy Cooley Sage’s memories of the house:
•The second daughter Florence was vivacious and spirited.
Always full of wisdom and down-to-earth spirituality. Just
a wisp of a woman - she was equally at ease in her
Hollywood clothes, or her garden duds, with her shears
attached somewhere to her.
•Their home was rambling and full of treasures (artwork,
paintings, silver tea sets, elaborate china, linens, beautiful
furniture and all the trimmings of a luxurious '40s-50's
lifestyle).
•The home was shaped in sort of a crescent and many
rooms opened out into some part or other of the gardens
and sycamores. Each had a patio surrounded by a low
rock wall, making it completely charming. On hot
Chatsworth summer days, it was cooler and shaded.
•You couldn't quite see the creek from there (but we were
small). The lawns seemed endless.
Florence Wheeler and Cynthia Cooley at her
18th birthday party (11047 De Soto)