Filoli
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Exterior of Filoli, used as the Carrington Mansion on the television series Dynasty
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| Location | 86 Canada Road, Woodside, California |
| Coordinates | 37°28′13″N 122°18′39″W / 37.4704°N 122.310703°WCoordinates: 37°28′13″N 122°18′39″W / 37.4704°N 122.310703°W |
| Built | 1915 |
| Built for | William Bowers Bourn II |
| Architect | Willis Polk |
| Architectural style(s) | Georgian style |
| Governing body | National Trust for Historic Preservation |
| Official name: Bourn-Roth Estate | |
| Designated | August 28, 1975 |
| Reference no. | 75000479 |
| Designated | February 8, 1977 |
| Reference no. | 907 |
 Location of Filoli in California
Location of Filoli in California
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Filoli is a country house set in 16 acres (6.5 ha; 0.025 sq mi) of formal gardens surrounded by a 654-acre (265 ha; 1.022 sq mi) estate, located in Woodside, California, about 25 miles (40 km) south of San Francisco, at the southern end of Crystal Springs Lake, on the eastern slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Filoli is open to the public. The site is both a California Historical Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Filoli was built between 1915 and 1917 for William Bowers Bourn II, owner of one of California's richest gold mines and president of Spring Valley Water Company, supplying San Francisco's water, and his wife, Agnes Moody Bourn. In 1910 they had bought an estate in County Kerry, Ireland, but wanted a country place nearer home. The principal designer, San Francisco architect Willis Polk, used a free Georgian style that incorporated the tiled roofs characteristic of California. Polk had previously designed Bourn's houses in Grass Valley and on Webster Street in San Francisco. Polk's friend Bruce Porter was commissioned to collaborate with the Bourns in planning the gardens, which were laid out between 1917 and 1922. The horticulturist who designed the plantings and fixed the original color schemes was Isabella Worn; she supervised the garden's maintenance for 35 years.
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