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George Hearst, William Randolph Hearst's father, had purchased the original 40,000-acre (63 sq mi) estate in 1865 and Camp Hill, the site for the future Hearst Castle, was used for family camping vacations during Hearst's youth. In 1919, William Randolph inherited some $11,000,000 (equivalent to $199,000,000 in 2024) and estates including the ...
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.
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.
Here’s how you can “splash around” in the iconic Neptune Pool at sunset.
With 56 bedrooms and 96,000 square feet to contend with, Hearst Castle's chief curator, Hoyt Fields, is the busiest estate manager in the world. But how does he keep up with the upkeep on the ...
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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] The castle's layout was fitted to the slope of the site, and to a semicircle of six tall conifers.
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