The Western White House in Hillsborough, CA
Located in the town of Hillsborough in San Mateo County, one of the best places to live in California, the property was built in 1878 for real estate developer and cattle rancher William Howard who sold it to Charles Frederick Crocker, heir to the Central Pacific Railroad fortune.
It was later acquired by George Randolph Hearst, son of the media tycoon William Randolph, who in 1930 hired architect Julia Morgan to redesign the property into the grand neoclassical Georgian Colonial which resembles The White House.
Morgan, who had previously built the family’s legendary Hearst Castle, was California’s first female architect and the first woman admitted to the Beaux-Arts de Paris architecture program.
The Western White House is set in 2.9 acres of manicured grounds with sprawling lawns, formal gardens, and an Olympic-sized pool.
The 24-room mansion spans over 22,000 square feet with 11 bedrooms, an Oval Office-inspired library, a wine cellar, screening room, and a home gym.
The interiors are elegant and luxurious, and it’s new owner will be able to live out their West Wing fantasies on the West Coast, just a 30-minute drive from downtown San Francisco.
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