Wyntoon
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Wyntoon is a private estate in rural Siskiyou County, California, owned by the Hearst Corporation. Architects Willis Polk, Bernard Maybeck and Julia Morgan all designed structures for Wyntoon, beginning in 1899.
Most of Willis Polk's 1899 structure "The Bend" was torn down in 1934 and rebuilt by Julia Morgan.
Bernard Maybeck's Wyntoon project seen in 1906. It burned down in 1929.
1906 living room interior
William Randolph Hearst
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William Randolph Hearst Sr. was an American newspaper publisher, and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboyant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human interest stories. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887 with Mitchell Trubitt after being given control of The San Francisco Examiner by his wealthy father, Senator George Hearst.
An ad asking automakers to place ads in Hearst chain, noting their circulation
Left to right: Hearst, Robert G. Vignola, and Arthur Brisbane during the filming of Vignola's The World and His Wife in New York City in April 1920
Hearst, c. 1900