Countess Di Frasso Residence, W.C. Schultz 1926
Architect and builder W.C. Schultz designed the Mediterranean Revival style house in 1926.  The estate was home to heiress Dorothy Taylor who married the Count Carlo Dentice di Frasso in 1923. The couple rarely spent time together and by the 1930s, as Countess di Frasso, Dorothy was living in Hollywood, including briefly at the Garden of Allah, where she conducted a romance with Gary Cooper. A few years later, she had a lengthy affair with mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel.  Di Frasso hired Elsie de Wolfe, to design the interiors in an art deco style, with hand-painted wallpapers.  Di Frasso used the house for lavish Hollywood parties which included the pianist José Iturbi, who so admired the place that he purchased the house in the 1940s complete with all its furnishings.  Iturbi lived in the house until his death in 1980.

The 8-bedroom, 7-bath residence is currently (October 2016) on the market listed for sale for $24,995,000 and described in the listing as &quot;rare &amp; legendary Countess Di Frasso's Beverly Hills Estate. Built for hosting glamorous Hollywood parties and later sold to renown classical pianist Jose Iturbi, Elsie De Wolf designs still well preserved, rooms w/ great scale &amp; volume, and home is well positioned on lot. A wonderful restoration project or development opportunity on approx 1.12 acres of mature park-like grounds&quot;.

The Countess Di Frasso Estate is located at 913 North Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
  
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