Hearst Castle
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Hearst San Simeon Estate
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
The Hearst Castle facade is patterned after a Spanish cathedral.
Nearest city:
San Simeon, California
Built/Founded:
1919
Architect:
Hearst,William Randolph; Morgan,Julia
Architectural style(s):
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
Added to NRHP:
June 22, 1972
NRHP Reference#:
72000253
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Governing body:
State
Not to be confused with Hurst Castle, Henry VIII's Device Fort near Portsmouth in the United Kingdom.
Hearst Castle is the palatial estate built by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951). It is located near San Simeon, California, on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Donated by the Hearst Corporation to the state of California in 1957, it is now a State Historical Monument and a National Historic Landmark, open for public tours. Hearst formally named the estate "La Cuesta Encantada" ("The Enchanted Hill"), but he usually just called it "the ranch".
