33-acre estate is an all-ages playland
Designed to evoke an 18th century French Romantic chateau, the main house boasts a sports-viewing lounge, a wine vault and an 18-seat movie theater. But it’s the family-friendly features that really stand out: themed children’s bedrooms, a playground with built-in squirt guns and a stocked fishing pond.

A little bit of the romance is gone
At the heart of the gated and forested estate is an Italian villastyle house designed by architect Wallace Frost. Built in the 1930s, the home features a cobblestone motor court, creeping vines and decorative ironwork that give it an air of Old Hollywood glamour.

Budget prices amid rich history
That house was eventually passed along to Henry Gage, a lawyer from Michigan who had come to California, when he married Lugo’s great-granddaughter in 1880. Gage would go on to become Los Angeles city attorney and, at the turn of the century, serve a term as California governor.

And this is just the beginning ...
The building process itself in the 1930s was fraught with challenges as locally prominent architect John Lester Armour, who created the Pomona home for his mother, ran out of her money before he could finish it, leaving walls without plaster and bare wires without fixtures.

An organized spot for a ‘crowded’ mind
Acolorful conglomeration of awards and joke-inspired fan art embellishes the walls and desk, including votive candles bedazzled with the comedian’s popular characters, anti-mermaid memorabilia, portraits of her dog and sidekick, Blanche, and an oil painting of Shlesinger as her iconic alter-ego, “Party Goblin.