Marion Davies Estate, Fence & Bulkhead, 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: The Marion Davies Estate was constructed in 1929 from the designs of renowned architect Julia Morgan. The original development, then called Ocean House, was built by William Randolph Hearst and his mistress Marion Davies. It consisted of five white Georgian Colonial buildings which were opulently furnished. While most of the original structures have been demolished over the years, the North House, Swimming Pool, Fence and Bulkhead remain from the original estate.
Survey number: HABS CA-2617-A
Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction

Marion Davies - American actress and film producer active during the silent and early sound film eras of the 1910s and 1920s. She was born in New York City in 1897 and began her acting career in Hollywood in the early 1910s. Movies: "Runaway Romany" (1917), "The Patsy" (1928), "Show People" (1928). She was a mistress of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, and her career was heavily promoted by Hearst's newspapers. She retired from acting in the 1930s and turned to philanthropy, supporting the Hearst Foundation.