Pickfair

Beverly Hills, United States

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Built in 1919 on an 18-acre estate in Beverly Hills, California, Pickfair was a Tudor Revival mansion designed by architect Wallace Neff that became one of the most celebrated private residences of its era. Originally constructed as a country home for attorney Lee Allen Phillips, the property was purchased by actor Douglas Fairbanks in 1918, after which the press dubbed it "Pickfair." The estate gained legendary status as a gathering place for Hollywood's elite, with Life magazine famously describing it as "a gathering place only slightly less important than the White House... and much more fun." The mansion embodied the grandeur and social prominence associated with early twentieth-century Beverly Hills.