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Hearst Castle (is) a palace in every sense of the word". [310] Victoria Kastner, for many years the in-house historian of Hearst Castle and author of a number of books on its design and history, concludes her history of the castle with an assessment of San Simeon as "the quintessential twentieth-century American country house". [311]
San Simeon (Spanish: San Simeón, meaning "St. Simon") is an unincorporated community [2] on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.Its position along State Route 1 is about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, each of those cities being roughly 230 miles (370 km) away.
Phoebe Hearst, upon signing the 99-year lease, decided to build a very grand residence. She hired Bernard Maybeck to design one in the Gothic style of a Rhine River castle. The structure was mainly complete in 1902, [13] and cost Hearst $100,000. [1] Maybeck hired Julia Morgan to assist in the design. [14]
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania: Peter A. B. Widener [28] Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation: 1899: Neoclassical: Horace Trumbauer: 20: 68,500 sq ft (6,360 m 2) [29] Hearst Castle: San Simeon, California: William Randolph Hearst: California Department of Parks and Recreation: 1947: Spanish Colonial Revival: Julia Morgan: 21: 66,341 sq ft (6,163.3 ...
The small castle with Moorish arches has been adjoined by a restaurant, Casa Basso, since 1928. [17] Castle at Castle Park, near Holland, Michigan, built in 1890 for Michael Schwarz. It now serves as a community center for the Castle Park Association. [18] Castle Craig, Hubbard Park, Meriden, Connecticut, 32-foot-high (9.8 m) tower built in ...
Año Nuevo State Park is the site of one of the largest mainland breeding colonies for the northern elephant seal (another is in Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area—100 miles (161 km) south near the town of Cambria and the San Simeon approach to Hearst Castle). The seals attract so much interest that early ...
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The Hearst Ranch is composed of two cattle ranches in central California. The best known is the original Hearst Ranch, which surrounds Hearst Castle and comprises about 80,000 acres (320 km 2 ). George Hearst (1820–1891) bought over 30,000 acres (120 km 2 ) of Rancho Piedra Blanca , an 1840 Mexican land grant, in the late 19th century.