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Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument
1919-1947.
On the Piedra Blanca Rancho, William Randolph Hearst created
La Cuesta Encantada™ (The Enchanted Hill) on the historic Piedras Blancas Ranch.
The castle includes La Casa Grande (the large house) and adjacent buildings
containing art treasures from around the world, beautiful architecture and
gardens.
The Hearst Corporation presented the castle to the
State of California in 1958 as a memorial to William Randolph Hearst.
Hearst donated it in the name of his mother, Phoebe Apperson
Hearst.
Rumors abound that after having the castle up on the auction
block with no takers he finally gave it to the state and simply took the
write-off.
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