BEVERLY HILLS, CA --
Located in the heart of Beverly Hills, the fabled Beverly House, the showplace
of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, is back on the market at
a reduced asking price of $89.75 million - down from $185 million in 2016.
Marion Davies |
One of California’s most historic homes, Marion Davies, Hearst’s girlfriend, purchased the house in 1946 as a gift for Hearst.
Jack Woltz wakes up with horse's head in bed (from The Godfather movie) |
Whitney Houston |
Beverly House is most well known for its memorable movie scenes in The Godfather, where Hollywood movie producer Jack Woltz woke up to a bloody horse head in his bed, and the glamorous estate where Whitney Houston’s character lived in The Bodyguard.
John and Jackie Kennedy |
The mansion was also a favorite of the Kennedy family, where John and Jackie spent part of their honeymoon in 1953, and later became the West Coast presidential election headquarters for JFK’s 1960 presidential campaign.
Beyoncé |
In
2018, Beyoncé filmed part of her groundbreaking visual album Black
Is King on the grounds, and in 2019, Adel held her 31st
birthday party there.
William Randolph Hearst |
Designed in 1927 by Gordon
Kaufmann, the architect who did the Hoover Dam, Hollywood Palladium, Los
Angeles Times building and the Santa Anita Racetrack, Hearst’s Beverly House is
the quintessential emblem of Hollywood’s Golden Era.
Dennis Abbe |
The estate is well
known for its H-form architecture characterized by long colonnades, wide
balconies, arched floor-to-ceiling windows and its spaciousness.according to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
Hugh Hefner |
Some of the spaces include a stunning
two-story library with hand-carved paneling and a wraparound walkway; a formal
living room with its 22-foot-high, hand-painted, arched ceiling; a
state-of-the-art spa; a billiards room with herringbone parquet floors and an
intricately designed ceiling and carved fireplace - both from the Hearst
Castle in San Simeon.
Zizi Pak |
The main-level hallway is a staggering 82 feet high, rising up to the 32-foot billiard room, which is open to the main hallway for a total of 114 feet visible upon walking into the entry.
The grand upstairs hallway is more than 102 feet long and features a 40-foot wide, nearly 9-foot-tall Dennis Abbe mural that was commissioned by Hugh Hefner.
Game Room |
The gardens, designed by landscape architect Paul Thiene, are a focal point including cascading waterfalls to the pool. The main house and two guest houses sit on 3.5 acres.
The Beverly House
listing agents are Anthony Marguleas of Amalfi Estates in Los Angeles, Gary
Gold of Hilton & Hyland in Beverly Hills and Zizi Pak of Rodeo
Realty in Beverly Hills.
The property is listed by order of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court.
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Source: TopTenRealEstateDeals.com