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    Over the years many guests have visited Hearst Castle, but we’ll narrow the list down to the more renowned:

    Political Leaders

    Winston Churchill
    Calvin Coolidge
    New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker

    Journalists, Literary Figures and Other Notables

    Irving Cobb
    Hedda Hopper
    Howard Hughes
    Louella Parsons
    George Bernard Shaw

    Art Experts

    Oscar Broneer
    Lord Duveen
    HRW Smith
    William Valentiner

    Entertainment Industry

    Lew Ayres
    Lionel and John Barrymore
    Ralph Bellamy
    Charlie Chaplin
    Gary Cooper
    Joan Crawford
    Dolores del Rio
    Marie Dressler
    Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
    Errol Flynn
    Clark Gable
    Greta Garbo
    John Gilbert
    Cary Grant
    jean Harlow
    Buster Keaton
    Carole Lombard
    Beatrice Lillie
    Harold Lloyd
    Harpo Marx
    Louis B. Mayer
    Joel McCrea
    Colleen Moore
    David Niven
    Mary Pickford
    Dick Powell
    Hal Roach
    Norma Shearer
    Barbara Stanwyck
    Norma Talmadge
    Robert Taylor
    Irving Thalberg
    Jack Warner

     

     

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    Hearst Castle

    Historical estate in San Simeon, California

    Not to be confused with Hurst Castle, Henry VIII's Device Fort near Lymington in England.

    United States historic place

    Hearst Castle
    La Cuesta Encantada

    U.S. National Register of Historic Places

    U.S. National Historic Landmark

    California Historical Landmark&#;No.&#;[2]

    Casa Grande, inspired by the Church of Santa María la Mayor, Ronda, Spain, forms the centerpiece of Hearst's estate.

    Nearest citySan Simeon, California, United States
    Coordinates35°41′07″N°10′04″W / °N °W / ;
    AreaMore than 90,&#;sq&#;ft (8,&#;m2)
    Built–
    ArchitectJulia Morgan
    Architectural&#;styleSpanish Colonial Revival, Mediterranean Revival, other late 19th and 20th century revival styles
    Website
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    CHISL&#;No.[2]
    Added to NRHPJune 22,
    Designated&#;CHISLApril 28,

    Hearst Castle, known

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    William Randolph Hearst inherited his land from his parents. Using his own money, Hearst continued to accumulate land until his property reached around , acres by He decided to build a grand house on the land and hired architect Julia Morgan in to help him create his dream estate. Over the next 28 years, the pair built up the property and buildings, which took on the exterior look of the Spanish structures Hearst had seen and loved while traveling through Europe.

    Called La Cuesta Encantada, or the Enchanted Hill, each of the over a hundred rooms in the main house, plus guest houses and additional buildings, had different designs. The 58 bedrooms, 60 bathrooms, and 41 fireplaces contained European furnishings, including ceilings, tiles, and other architecture, as well as thousands of antiques Hearst collected. The castle also housed the largest privately owned art collection by a single person.

    Outside of the main house, Hearst's estate contained more than s

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