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24 DIGS.NET | 7.1.2022 JULY 1, 2022 | ISSUE 280 TO OUR READERS South Bay DIGS welcomes your feedback and encourages reader response to our editorial features. Please send your letters to the Publisher at 722 1st Street, Unit D, Hermosa Beach, California, 90254 or via email to WDOW@southbaydigs.com. Please include your name and contact information. Letters may be published and we reserve the right to edit. ADVERTISING For inquiries, please contact Publisher Warren Dow at 310.373.0142. EDITORIAL For editorial inquiries, please email Editorial@SouthBayDIGS.com On The Cover PRESENTED BY LAUREN FORBES OFLAUREN FORBES GROUP | COMPASS LIST PRICE $7,800,000 FEATURED ON PAGE 72 722 1st Street, Unit D, Hermosa Beach, California, 90254 Office: 310.373.0142 South Bay Digs Magazine is published every other Friday by m3 Media, LLC. Reproduction in any form or by any means is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent from m3 Media LLC. 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Dow Bud Moore Kyle Coats Kieron McKay Matt Polizzi Jim Alba Rufus Agbede Jenn Thornton Constance Dunn Karine Monié Joclene Davey Abigail Stone Paul Jonason CO N N E C T W I T H U S Listen & subscribe on iTunes, digs.net or your favorite podcast provider. The Titans of Real Estate INFLUENCERS PODCAST .net S O U T H B A Y History Tidbits DRE#: 01368971 Maureen Megowan 310.541.6416 mdmegowan@gmail.com ELIN VANDERLIP - THE GRAND DAME OF THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA Elin Regina Brekke was born in 1919 in Oslo Norway, the daughter of a lumber factory owner. In 1946, Elin met Kelvin Vanderlip, one of the sons of Frank Vanderlip Sr., the Founding Father of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, on a weekend cruise to Catalina, and married him soon thereafter. After marrying, Elin and Kelvin took up residence in the Cottage, the family's summer home in the Portuguese Bend area. They lived there from 1946 to 1950, when they were given the adjacent "Villa Narcissa" as a gift from Kelvin's mother Narcissa Vanderlip . Villa Narcissa was originally built by Frank Vanderlip as a guesthouse for The Cottage, however Elin made a number of additions to the property. The Villa has almost 12 acres of land, including 5 acres of land with many steps up a cypress lined stairway leading to a "Temple of Eliana" overlooking the property. The property also includes wonderful gardens and 13 small cottages that Elin built for income purposes. During the 1940's, Villa Narcissa, hosted many Hollywood celebrities. Myrna Low, had lived there before World War II, and Paulette Goddard and Burgess Meredith had honeymooned there. In 1946, Kelvin hosted his good friend Ted Geisel (a.k.a "Dr. Seuss", the famous children's book author) during the summer, and he later became the godfather to Kelvin Vanderlip Jr. Elin and Kelvin were instrumental in the establishment of many landmarks in Rancho Palos Verdes . Kelvin headed up the Chadwick School Board ( which land had been donated by Frank Vanderlip Sr.), , donated land and oversaw plans for the Wayfarer's Chapel, built a four-room schoolhouse (now St. Peters by the Sea Church) and — as president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce -lobbied hard for Marineland. Elin and the Vanderlip family also played a large role in the formation and development of the Portuguese Bend Riding Club ( which had been originally built by Frank Vanderlip as riding stables known as "The Farmery"), the Portuguese Bend Beach Club ( which Kelvin developed ), and Marymount College . Elin also donated land for the construction of Nansen field, originally a soccer field for Norwegian seamen, which is now owned by a youth soccer club. Although Elin never married after husband Kelvin Vanderlip succumbed to lung cancer in 1956, she found love for 40 years with producer Lehman "Lee" Katz ("The Train," "Apocalypse Now," "Fiddler on the Roof"), with whom she traveled to locations all over the world. Katz died at Villa Narcissa at the age of 89 in 2003. Elin passed away at the age of 90 in 2009. Her legacy, as well as that of the entire Vanderlip family, will live on forever on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The above is an excerpt from my book "Historic Tales of Palos Verdes and the South Bay". For more info see http://www.southbayhistory.com.