Jack Warner Estate


The Jack Warner Estate is a property in Beverly Hills, California that was developed by Jack L. Warner of Warner Brothers who had bought it in 1937. In February 2020 it was reported that the estate was sold by David Geffen to Jeff Bezos for $165 million, a record deal for residential property in Los Angeles.

Design

The estate with its mansion in the Georgian style with a Greek portico was featured in a 1992 article in Architectural Digest and described as "the archetypal studio mogul's estate" Warner had hired Roland Coate as his architect to enlarge and remodel the existing Spanish-style mansion and William Haines for the interior decorating. Florence Yoch designed the grounds. In addition, the estate has a pool, a tennis court, and a nine-hole golf course.
The house is featured in the 2008 book The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills by Jeffrey Hyland, who wrote: "No studio czar's residence, before or since, has ever surpassed in size, grandeur, or sheer glamour the Jack Warner Estate on Angelo Drive in Benedict Canyon."

Ownership

After Warner's death in 1978, his widow, Ann Warner, continued to live at the estate until her death in 1990. David Geffen bought the estate – "the last intact estate from Hollywood's Golden Age in Beverly Hills" - in 1990 for $47.5 million, a record price for a single-family home at that time. Jeff Bezos's record-breaking purchase of the Jack Warner Estate from David Geffen was reported in February 2020.