Mirlo Gate Lodge Tower in Palos Verdes Estates

I am often asked What is that large stone castle-like building near the entrance to Palos Verdes Estates on Via Valmonte?

This stone, castle-like structure, which is at 4420 Via Valmonte, near the entrance to Palos Verdes Estates on Via Valmonte, just up from Hawthorne Blvd., was built in 1926 as a guard’s house for what was intended to be a gated entrance to the new Palos Verdes Project. The structure is a two story 15 foot diameter round building with 18 inch thick walls.It has two floors; a bedroom and bathroom area upstairs and a living room with a stone fireplace and a kitchen downstars. This structure was known as the “Stone Tower”, “Tower House” and the “Mirlo Gate Lodge” (Via Valmonte was originally named Via Mirlo, was renamed Hawthorne Ave. prior to Hawthorne Blvd. being extended south over the Peninsula Hill to the ocean, and then renamed Via Valmonte). Title was taken to this structure by Palos Verdes Estates in 1939 when the city was incorporated.

Mirlo Gatehouse

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