Pickfair

Aerial view of Pickfair, 1920.
The front of the mock-Tudor-designed six-bedroom house, which contained a screening room, glassed-in sun porch, bowling alley and billiard room.

Pickfair is a mansion and estate in the city of Beverly Hills, California with legendary history. The original Pickfair was an 18 acre (7.3 ha) estate[1] designed by architect Horatio Cogswell for attorney Lee Allen Phillips of Berkeley Square as a country home. Phillips sold the property to actor Douglas Fairbanks in 1918.[2] Coined "Pickfair" by the press, it became one of the most celebrated houses in the world.[3] Life Magazine described Pickfair as "a gathering place only slightly less important than the White House... and much more fun."[4]

  1. ^ Wanamaker, Marc (November 16, 2005). Early Beverly Hills. Arcadia Publishing. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-7385-3068-0. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "BERKELEY SQUARE Historic Los Angeles".
  3. ^ Rense, Paige (1977). Architectural Digest: Celebrity Homes. Knapp. p. 25. ISBN 0-89535-001-7. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Inc1947 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).