When it was the opulent residence of silent film star Antonio Moreno and his wife and oil heiress Daisy Canfield Moreno, daughter of pioneer oilman Charles A. Canfield, it was the scene for lavish Sunday afternoon parties for members of high society and silent screen notables.

That same year the property was sold to restaurant owner Dana Hollister, who named it The Paramour Estate.

[5] In 1999, the band Shivaree performed and recorded their song "Goodnight Moon" into the drained out pool of the estate.

[6] In 2006, My Chemical Romance lived in the mansion, where they wrote and recorded demos for their third album, The Black Parade.

Vocalist Gerard Way claimed to have night terrors while staying there, which he recorded his accounts of and used in the track Sleep.