Carolands
Historic house in California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carolands Chateau is a 46,050-square-foot (4,278 m2),[20] 4.5 floor, 98 room mansion on 5.83 acres (2.36 ha) in Hillsborough, California, United States. An example of American Renaissance and Beaux-Arts design, the building is a California Historical Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Carolands is one of the last of the houses built during the Gilded Age, a period of great mansion-building that included famous houses of the Vanderbilt family, such as Marble House, Biltmore Estate and The Breakers, and stately California houses such as Filoli and the Huntington family's mansions.
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Carolands Chateau | |
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Alternative names | Carolands, Remillard Manor, The Chateau |
Etymology | Harriett Pullman Carolan |
General information | |
Architectural style | Beaux-Arts Classicism |
Address | 565 Remillard |
Town or city | Hillsborough, California |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 37°33′19.8″N 122°22′14.7″W |
Groundbreaking | 1914 |
Completed | 1916 |
Renovated | 1998–2002 |
Cost | est. US$1,000,000 (equivalent to $30,118,421 in 2023)[1] |
Renovation cost | est. US$20,000,000 (equivalent to $33,879,741 in 2023)[2] |
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Height | 100 feet (30 m)[13] |
Dimensions | |
Other dimensions | 130 feet (40 m) x 120 feet (37 m)[13] |
Design and construction | |
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Renovating team | |
Renovating firm | Doug Wilson[17] |
Other designers | Mario Buatta |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 98 |
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NRHP reference No. | 75000478[18] |
Added to NRHP | October 21, 1975 |
Official name | Carolands |
Designated | 9 May 1975 |
Reference no. | 886[19] |
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