It also is said to have contained an underground running track so Fairbanks could jog in the nude.
Other amenities included: wood-paneled halls of fine mahogany and bleached pine, gold leaf and mirrored decorative niches, ceiling frescos, parquet flooring, an Old West-style saloon (which would come to house a collection of 1907 Remington rifles that were a gift from Pickford to her husband Buddy Rogers years later), tennis courts, stables, and servants quarters. This was the first home in Los Angeles to have its own swimming pool. When the couple married in March 1920, they lived on the property during the construction phase. He transformed the house into a 4-story, 25-room mansion, which wasn’t completed until 1924. Roxbury, the former home of Betty Grable. It was to be utilized as a hunting lodge on weekends.įairbanks and Pickford hired architect Wallace Neff. It was designed by architect Horatio Cogswell, for attorney Lee Allen Phillips of Berkeley Square. This property, located at 1143 Summit Dr. Pickfair (1918-1979)Ī year earlier in 1918, Fairbanks bought 18 acres in Beverly Hills. They first had to get divorced from each of their current spouses. A year later, Fairbanks and Pickford would marry. This pair, along with Charlie Chaplin and D.W.
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Pickford and Fairbanks were two of the biggest movie stars of the early 20th Century.
Here, we will discuss the history of this storied home, including its alleged haunted past. Over the years, occupants have claimed the house was haunted by an unwanted spirit. One of the greatest homes in the history of Hollywood was Pickfair, which was originally the home of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.
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