Vintage photos of the Marion Davies' Mansion called "the Beach House" or "Ocean House", Santa Monica, CA.
Vintage photos of the Marion Davies' Mansion called "the Beach House" or "Ocean House", Santa Monica, CA. Now the site of the Annenberg Community Beach House.
The site of the Beach House was a hot spot on Santa Monica's Gold Coast in the 1930s and 1940s, as William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies entertained Hollywood's rich and famous at Davies' 5-acre (20,000 m2) estate. The property boasted a 110-room Georgian Revival mansion designed by William Edward Flannery, 37 fireplaces, 55 bathrooms, tennis courts, guest houses, and an ornate swimming pool complete with marble deck and staircases. More via Wikipedia at http://bit.ly/1HDPhD3. More via KCET at http://bit.ly/1HDQCdd.
The site of the Beach House was a hot spot on Santa Monica's Gold Coast in the 1930s and 1940s, as William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies entertained Hollywood's rich and famous at Davies' 5-acre (20,000 m2) estate. The property boasted a 110-room Georgian Revival mansion designed by William Edward Flannery, 37 fireplaces, 55 bathrooms, tennis courts, guest houses, and an ornate swimming pool complete with marble deck and staircases. More via Wikipedia at http://bit.ly/1HDPhD3. More via KCET at http://bit.ly/1HDQCdd.
She was quite a woman.
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