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Hearst Castle

National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark located on the Central Coast of California, United States
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Hearst Castle

Summary

Hearst Castle is a mansion[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of mansion entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,692 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hearst Castle is located in San Luis Obispo County[3].
  • Hearst Castle is in the country of United States[4].
  • Hearst Castle's image is recorded as Hearst Castle Casa Grande1.jpg[5].
  • Hearst Castle's instance of is recorded as mansion[6].
  • Hearst Castle's instance of is recorded as architectural landmark[7].
  • Hearst Castle's instance of is recorded as California state historic park[8].
  • Hearst Castle's architect is recorded as Julia Morgan[9].
  • Hearst Castle's owned by is recorded as William Randolph Hearst[10].
  • William Randolph Hearst is named after Hearst Castle[11].
  • Hearst Castle's architectural style is recorded as Spanish Colonial Revival architecture[12].
  • Hearst Castle's architectural style is recorded as Mediterranean Revival architecture[13].
  • Hearst Castle's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 239204554[14].
  • Hearst Castle's GND ID is recorded as 4645953-4[15].
  • Hearst Castle's IdRef ID is recorded as 084096160[16].
  • Hearst Castle's location is recorded as San Simeon[17].
  • Hearst Castle's part of is recorded as Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument[18].
  • Hearst Castle's Commons category is recorded as Hearst Castle[19].
  • Hearst Castle's has part is recorded as Hearst Castle Theater[20].
  • Hearst Castle's has part is recorded as Neptune Pool[21].
  • +1919-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hearst Castle[22].
  • Hearst Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.68527777777778, 'lon': -121.16777777777777}[23].
  • Hearst Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0200t4[24].
  • Hearst Castle's NRHP reference number is recorded as 72000253[25].
  • Hearst Castle's official website is recorded as https://hearstcastle.org[26].
  • Hearst Castle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hearst Castle[27].

Body

Geography

Hearst Castle is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in San Luis Obispo County[3]. Its part of is recorded as Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include mansion[6], architectural landmark[7], and California state historic park[8]. Heritage statuses include National Historic Landmark[28] and National Register of Historic Places listed place[29].

History and Context

+1919-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hearst Castle[22]. Its owned by is recorded as William Randolph Hearst[10]. William Randolph Hearst is named after it[11].

Why It Matters

Hearst Castle ranks in the top 2% of mansion entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,692 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

Related Entities

United States William Randolph Hearst

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . nps.gov. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → San Simeon
    Architect → Julia Morgan
    Has part(s) → Hearst Castle Theater, Neptune Pool
    Inception → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "HearstCastle::3v98z"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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