- Piru Mansion
The Piru Mansion is a Queen Anne Style home located in
Piru, California .History
The Piru Mansion was completed by 1890. It was created by Piru's founder, David C. Cook, a wealthy publisher of
Sunday School tracts and supplies fromIllinois , who had wanted to establish a "SecondGarden of Eden ," [http://ventura-usa.com/about/selfguided/index.cfm?action=historic] specifying, tradition says, the planting of Biblical apricots, dates, figs, grapes, olives, and pomegranates. [http://www.pirumansion.com/history.htm]Cook's house became known as the Piru Mansion because of
Sunkist 's "Mansion Brand" valenciaoranges , which can still be found in the area. The mansion originally utilizednatural gas as it possessed noelectricity or runningwater .In 1968, the mansion was purchased by the Newhall family. Scott Newhall began restoring it after the
earthquake of 1971, during which the twochimney s were knocked down. In February 1981, aspark from a painter's torch ignited the house while it was beingpaint ed and burnt it to the ground.The owners, seeking to reconstruct their home, utilized old photographs and the assistance of people who had restored the house during its lifetime. The new mansion was completed in December 1983.
In 1994, the
Northridge earthquake also knocked down two chimneys. In 2003, after the damage was repaired, the Piru Mansion was sold to its fourth owner, David Newhall Hill, a relative of the Newhall family.Film and Television
The Piru Mansion has been shown in numerous
film s, as well as television and commercials. Some of the films the mansion has been used in are: "Murder She Wrote ", "Charlie's Angels ", "The Incredible Hulk", "Payne ", "Ping! ", "American Wedding ", and many others.Some of the actors and actresses who have acted in productions shot at the Piru Mansion include:
Shelley Winters ,June Allyson ,Buddy Ebsen ,Ricardo Montalban ,Robert Duvall ,Patty Duke ,James Garner ,Angela Lansbury ,Shirley Jones ,John Larroquette and many more. [ [http://www.pirumansion.com/location.htm The Piru Mansion - Location ] ]References
* [http://www.pirumansion.com/history.htm]
* [http://ventura-usa.com/about/selfguided/index.cfm?action=historic]External links
* [http://www.pirumansion.com/history.htm Piru Mansion Website]
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