1928 LA manor once owned by Gene Hackman asks $5.995M

A nearly century-old English Cotswold-style manor in Los Angeles, once owned by Casablanca director Michael Curtiz and actor Gene Hackman, is on the market. The cobblestone driveway stretching more than 200 feet leads to a manor straight out of the English countryside. Located at 4934 Queen Florence Lane in Woodland Hills, in the San Fernando Valley, the house is asking $5.995 million, Mansion Global reported.A Cotswold manor in the ValleyPic credit: ZillowBuilt in 1928 by developer Harold Ferguson as his residence, the house was deeply inspired by the aesthetics of the Cotswolds, a region of England known for stone cottages and rolling hills. According to listing agent Deanna D’Egidio of Harcourts Plus, Ferguson “built this as his own residence, as an English Cotswolds manor.”Pic credit: ZillowThe house was the centrepiece of the Canoga Estate, a far bigger property that has since been split up. It is now almost 100 years old, and the listing calls it ‘one of the most historically significant private homes’ in the San Fernando Valley.Pic credit: ZillowIn the 1930s, Ferguson sold the estate to Michael Curtiz, who directed more than 100 films, including ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood...