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Photo ID: L277
Keywords: landscape, Hearst Castle, San Simeon, pool, swimming pool, columns, architecture, mansion
Hearst Castle was built on a 40,000 acre (160 kmē) ranch that William Randolph Hearst's father, George Hearst, originally purchased in 1865. The younger Hearst grew fond of this site over many childhood family camping trips. He inherited the ranch, which had grown to 250,000 acres (1,000 kmē), from his mother, Phoebe Hearst, upon her death in 1919.[2] Construction began that same year and continued through 1947, when he stopped living at the estate due to ill health. San Francisco architect Julia Morgan designed most of the buildings. Hearst was an inveterate tinkerer, and would tear down structures and rebuild them at a whim. For example, the opulent Neptune Pool was rebuilt three times before Hearst was satisfied. As a consequence of Hearst's persistent design changes, the estate was never completed in his lifetime.
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