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2. Bill Gates's house - Wikipedia

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   Bill Gates designed and owns a mansion that is on Lake Washington in Medina, Washington.The 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m 2) mansion [1] incorporates technology in its design. [specify] [2] In 2009, property taxes were reported to be US$1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million.

3. Xanadu (Citizen Kane) - Wikipedia

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   Bill Gates' house has been nicknamed "Xanadu 2.0" in reference to the fictional mansion. [ 7 ] When similarly stylized Gothic buildings appear in film, Xanadu is often considered a source of inspiration and the similarity is often noted by critics.

4. Gatehouse - Wikipedia

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   A gatehouse is a type of fortified gateway, an entry control point building, enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a town, religious house, castle, manor house, or other fortification building of importance. Gatehouses are typically the most heavily armed section of a fortification, to compensate for being structurally the weakest and the ...

5. Bill Gates unloaded one of his properties in less than two ...

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   Gates bought the Xanadu land in 1988 for just $2 million—but proceeded to pour about $63 million into the property—and now the entire estate is worth about $130 million. It has 24 bathrooms ...

6. Gatekeeper's lodge - Wikipedia

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   A gatekeeper's lodge or gate lodge is a small, often decorative building, situated at the entrance to the estate of a mansion or country house. [1] Originally intended as the office and accommodation for a gatekeeper who was employed by the landowner to control access to the property, they fell out of use in the early 20th century but surviving ...

7. U.S. Capitol Gatehouses and Gateposts - Wikipedia

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   They are placed to flank the White House – Washington Monument axis, which runs roughly along the axis of 16th Street, just south of The Ellipse in President's Park. [ 3 ] The deterioration of the gatehouse sandstone required complete reconstructions in 1938. [ 4 ]