mansions
-
Manor House (Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons)
Great Milton, England
The manor house of Great Milton, located next to the village church, was built in the 15th century and remodeled in the 17th. Today it is home to the hotel and gourmet restaurant La Manoir aux Quat'Saisons.
-
Phillips Mansion
Pomona, California
1875
Built in 1875, the Phillips Mansion is the only Second Empire style home in Southern California. It is owned by the Pomona Valley Historical Society and currently only opened for occasional events and school tours.
-
Ezra Meeker Mansion
Puyallup, Washington
1887
The Meeker Mansion was built in 1891 by Ezra Meeker, pioneer and founder of Puyallup. Meeker spent his later years retracing the Oregon Trail and urging the government to preserve it.
-
Ballikinrain Castle (Church of Scotland Residential School)
Killearn, Scotland
Large baronial style mansion by David Bryce c. 1850. Interesting cochere.
-
Greystone Mansion
Beverly Hills, California
Built as a private residence in the 1920s, this Gothic Revival mansion has appeared in countless TV shows and movies, including Dynasty, Gilmore Girls, Ghostbusters and X-Men.
-
Ravenscroft (Cleddon Hall)
Also known as Cleddon Hall, this was the birthplace of philosopher Bertrand Russell.
-
Filoli Center
Woodside, California
Completed in 1917, the historic country house with landscaped gardens appeared in Dynasty and Heaven Can Wait.
-
Castillo del Lago
1926
Located under the Hollywood sign on Mulholland Drive, this Spanish Colonial-style villa was a speakeasy run by Bugsy Siegel in the 1930s and Madonna's home in the 1990s. It is currently for sale.
-
Cornstalk Fence Mansion
New Orleans, Louisiana
1859
As its nickname indicates, the Garden District mansion at 1448 Fourth is best known for an impressive cast-iron fence shaped like cornstalks, ears of corn, and other plants.
-
Pritchard-Pigott House
New Orleans, Louisiana
1866
Distinguished by its massive Doric columns extending two stories high, the Pritchard-Pigott House is a Greek Revival mansion built in 1866.
-
Yamashiro
Malibu, California
Completed in 1912 as the home of Asian antique dealers, this surprising building is an exact replica of a Japanese palace.
-
Ramon Novarro House
Los Angeles, California
1928
This exotic mansion, made of concrete and copper and resembling a pre-Columbian temple, was designed by Lloyd Wright (son of Frank) and completed in 1928.
