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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]
The Beverly Estate is a property built in 1926 [1] [2] at 1011 North Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, California. [3]The estate was designed by architect Gordon Kaufmann [4] and was the residence of actress Marion Davies and her partner William Randolph Hearst. [5]
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 m 2) [30] Grey Towers Castle: Glenside, Pennsylvania: William Welsh Harrison [31] Arcadia University: 1896: Gothic Revival: Horace Trumbauer: 22: 66,000 sq ft ...
Wanted: A billionaire with a healthy respect for history and a need for a lot of bedrooms. The legendary Beverly Hills home once owned by William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies has been put on ...
Completed in 1914 on South Broadway, the Herald Examiner Building was the first collaboration between Hearst and architect Julia Morgan, who went on to design his palatial Hearst Castle estate in ...
The Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California. Beginning in 1919, Hearst began to build Hearst Castle, which he never completed, on the 250,000-acre (100,000-hectare; 1,000-square-kilometre) ranch he had acquired near San Simeon. He furnished the mansion with art, antiques, and entire historic rooms purchased and brought from great houses in Europe.
Hearst Castle: Between 1919 and 1947: Spanish Colonial Revival, Mediterranean Revival: Julia Morgan: San Simeon: Built by William Randolph Hearst [7] more images: Filoli: 1915: Georgian Revival: Willis Polk: Woodside: Owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and open to the public [11] more images: Carolands: 1916: Beaux-Arts ...
The 36,000 square-foot compound was once on the market for $195 million.