Jack Warner Estate
General information
Architectural styleGeorgian
Location1801 Angelo Drive, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Coordinates34°5′10″N 118°25′34″W / 34.08611°N 118.42611°W / 34.08611; -118.42611
ClientJack L. Warner
Design and construction
Architect(s)Roland Coate

The Jack Warner Estate is a property in Beverly Hills, California 9.4-acre (3.8 ha) that was developed by Jack L. Warner of Warner Bros. who had first bought 3 acres of farmland here in 1926, expanding it over the years to 1937. A preserved 'Golden Age of Hollywood' estate, it centers around a large Neo-Georgian mansion. In February 2020, it was reported that the estate had been sold by David Geffen to Jeff Bezos for $165 million, a record deal for residential property in Los Angeles.[1]

Jack Warner, the original owner of the estate.

Design

The estate, with its 13,000 square feet (1,200 m2) mansion in the Georgian style with a Greek portico, was featured in a 1992 article in Architectural Digest and described as "the archetypal studio mogul's estate".[2] Warner had hired Roland Coate as his architect to enlarge and remodel the existing Spanish-style mansion and William Haines for the interior decorating. Florence Yoch designed the grounds.[2] In addition, the estate has a pool, a tennis court, and a nine-hole golf course.

The house is featured in the 2008 book The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills by Jeffrey Hyland,[3] who wrote: "No studio czar's residence, before or since, has ever surpassed in size, grandeur, or sheer glamour the Jack Warner Estate on Angelo Drive in Benedict Canyon."[1]

The grounds of the estate also include several guest houses, including one used by Marilyn Monroe.[4]

Ownership

After Warner's death in 1978, his widow, Ann Warner, continued to live at the estate until her death in 1990. David Geffen bought the estate including its furnishings – "the last intact estate from Hollywood's Golden Age in Beverly Hills"[2] – in 1990 for $47.5 million; a record price for a single-family home at that time. Jeff Bezos's record-breaking purchase of the Jack Warner Estate from David Geffen was reported in February 2020.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kelly Tyko (2020-02-12). "Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos buys $165 million Los Angeles mansion owned by David Geffen, reports say". USA Today. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  2. 1 2 3 Charles Lockwood (2014-08-24). "Tour Jack L. Warner's House in Beverly Hills". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  3. ↑ Jeffrey Hyland: The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills, Rizzoli (2008), ISBN 978-0961383602
  4. ↑ "1801 Angelo Drive | Jeff Bezos House". 5 February 2021.
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