The heiress and her chateau

Description:

Harriet Pullman Carolan, heiress to the Pullman railroad car company fortune, constructed the 98-room chateau Carolands in 1915-16. Willis Polk supervised construction of the American Renaissance-design residence, which is an adaptation of Vaux le Vicomte, and also a prototype for the Palace of Versailles. In the early 1950s, Countess Lillian Remillard Dandini acquired the chateau and the six remaining acres of land.

subjects: Buildings, structures,  Domestic Architecture,  Local History,  Carolands (Hillsborough, Calif.),  Historic buildings,  History

People: Harriet Pullman Carolan (1869-1956),  Willis Polk (1867-1924)

Places: Hillsborough,  San Mateo County (Calif.),  California,  Hillsborough (Calif.)