Playboy Mansion, Gothic Revival mansion in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, United States
The Playboy Mansion is a Gothic-Tudor house of 21,987 square feet on 5.3 acres in Holmby Hills, designed by Arthur R. Kelly in 1927. Its pale stone facade has two octagonal chimneys, arched three-light windows and dense ivy; a low parapet with two carved stone lions stands at the base. Inside are 29 rooms, among them a two-story Great Hall with 22-foot ceilings and a living room with a built-in pipe organ.
Arthur R. Kelly designed the house in 1927 for Arthur Letts Jr., son of The Broadway department store founder. Playboy Enterprises bought it in 1971 for $1.05 million from engineer Louis D. Statham, and Hugh Hefner lived there until his death in 2017. Daren Metropoulos bought it in 2017 for $17.25 million.
Hefner's birthday party on 4 April and the summer Midsummer Night's Dream party were the mansion's best-known annual events, drawing actors, singers and athletes. In May 2016 Eugena Washington was named Playmate of the Year there, the last such announcement Hefner made at the house.
The estate is a private residence and not accessible to the general public. Access is limited to special permission only, so visitors typically only view it from outside the walls.
The estate was the only private residence in Los Angeles licensed to stage fireworks displays, which are often illegal in the United States. The 1966 film Madame X was shot there before Playboy bought the house.
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