Postcard view of a waterfall located on the grounds of the hilltop Japanese estate and gardens of brothers Charles and Adolph Bernheimer, located at 1999 N. Sycamore Avenue in Hollywood. The estate, a 1914 mansion built to house the brothers' priceless collection of Asian treasures, is an exact replica of a palace located in the Yamashiro mountains near Kyoto, Japan. The grounds include superbly landscaped Japanese gardens and a Sacred Inner Court in the center of the home filled with sculptured plants, pools and fish. The colorful hillside terraces include 30,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, waterfalls, such as the one captured here, not to mention hundreds of goldfish, exotic birds and monkeys. After the death of one of the brothers in 1922, the art collections were auctioned off. A few years later, the estate served as headquarters for the exclusive Hollywood "400 Club," an organization for the elite of the motion picture industry. After WWII, the home was remodeled and converted into apartments. Soon thereafter, Thomas O. Glover purchased the property and began the ongoing restoration of what was to become the Yamashiro restaurant.
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