Good morning Ms. Williams,
I am the owner of 900 Airole Way in Bel-Air having purchased the home in 2005 from Lindsay Buckingham who had owned the property since 1980. I read, with some amusement, on your website, The Maybelline Story, that your great-uncle's, Tom Lyle, former home at 900 Airole Way, which he owned from 1950 to 1976, currently belonged to the actress Jennifer Aniston. Please let me correct you: Jennifer Aniston purchased 901 Airole Way from Robert Maguire in February 2011. The property at 901 Airole is not the same as the property at 900 Airole Way. Having apparently spent time at 900 Airole Way during your childhood, I'm surprised you would make this mistake.
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The original owner, Tom Lyle Williams at the gate at 900 Airole Way,
Bel Air California in the 1950's. |
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| Driveway up to the house. |
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| The front of the house. |
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| The open garage with Tom Lyle Williams , Every Shaver and Arnold Anderson's automobiles. |
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| Tom Lyle Williams with Sparky |
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| The Statue ASPIRATION, inside the entrance.. |
THE BACKYARD
INSIDE THE HOUSE....
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| My cousins, Chuck and Nancy Williams with Ann Williams-Corbett and her dog Frenchy |
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| Tom Lyle Williams in his livingroom. |
Tom Lyle Williams with his niece, Annette Williams Corbett.
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| Donna and Sharrie Williams sitting on the ottomans |
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My grandmother, Evelyn Williams
with Mabel and Chet Hewes |
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My sister's, Donna and Billee and my
brother, Preston Williams |
THE VIEW FROM THE BEACH IN SANTA MONICA,
TO DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELS
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| Tom Lye Williams with his sister Eva Williams Haines on the left and her daughter Marilyn Haines Westhouse-Gary. |
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| Tom Lyle Williams with his sister's, Eva Williams Haines, on the left and Mabel Williams Hewes, ( Maybelline's namesake) on the right. |
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| Left to right, Mabel Williams Hewes, Arnold Anderson, Eva Williams Haines and Emery Shaver. |
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| Mabel, Tom Lyle and Eva with Sparky and Snoopy. |
When the Hollywood Freeway took Tom Lyle Williams, beloved Villa Valentino, in the Hollywood Hills, he bought this private estate, (second to top of the hill in Bel Air,) in 1950. His friend, Arnold Anderson's brother was the Architect who built this ultra modern steel and glass home with sweeping 180 degree views of Los Angeles. The view was even more spectacular at night with all the twinkling lights of the city.
