34.1519° N 118.3574° W
Toluca Lake
A private six-acre lake, a 1924 golf course and the former homes of Bob Hope and Amelia Earhart, tucked between Burbank and the river.
History
How Toluca Lake came to be.
- 1893
The Toluca post office opens beside a Southern Pacific station.
- 1923
Investors subdivide the land as Toluca Lake Park.
- 1924
Max Behr lays out the course for Lakeside Golf Club, which became a Hollywood favorite.
- 1931
Amelia Earhart settles in Toluca Lake after marrying George P. Putnam.
- 1938
Paving of the Los Angeles River begins along the neighborhood's southern edge.
Points of interest
Places that define Toluca Lake
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
Earhart planned a flight here.
She is said to have worked out her round-the-world route under a tree in her front yard.
Sinatra lived in Mary Astor's house.
He later rented the home the actress built on the lake.
A presidential party.
William Holden hosted Ronald and Nancy Reagan's 1952 wedding reception at his Toluca Lake home.
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