The Kirkeby Mansion (Beverly Hillbillies Home) Part 2

If you're a fan of the Beverly Hillbillies, you'll love this.
Between the two videos, you'll see rare views (in both photos and movie clips) of the Kirkeby Mansion.
The Kirkeby Mansion is the home that was used as an exterior on the Beverly Hillbillies.
Here are views of the grounds, the real cement pond, the exterior and the interior.
This house is NOT really located in Beverly Hills, it is actually in Bel Air.
Be sure to watch both parts 1 and 2.

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The Atkinson / Kirkeby / Perenchio Estate
　
Estate site (6.5 acres) purchased by Lynn Atkinson , a millionaire engineer and contractor , in 1933
Eighteenth-century French neoclassical residence designed by architect Sumner Spaulding
Two stories tall in front , three stories at the rear 21,500 square feet
Five years construction time $2,000,000 completed in 1938
Steel reinforced concrete walls with finely cut and detailed Indiana limestone block facade
Copper roof
Four-bedroom guest house
Six-car garage
Badminton and tennis courts
Mosaic swimming pool with a 150-foot waterfall and cabanas for women and men

Carved oak front doors opened into a two-story reception hall with a marble floor , marble and frescoed walls, and a marble staircase to the second floor nearby are mens and womens cloakrooms
The drawing room featured walnut parquet floors , a marble fireplace , an organ console , and views of the city
The dining room , which seated twenty-four , had walnut parquet floors , walnut-paneled walls , two large Baccarat chandeliers , and a hand painted mural
The garden room had a marble floor and a gold-trimmed marble fountain
The library featured a fireplace , and vertically grained oak paneling that opened to reveal bookshelves
The mans study featured black leather-embossed walls
Also sited on the main floor were the breakfast room , the butlers pantry , the kitchen , and four staff bedrooms

The two wings of the second floor each featured magnificent domed skylights with carved moldings
Six family bedroom suites , all taking advantage of city and ocean views

The lowest floor included a card room , a billiard room , a silver vault , a fur vault , and a twenty-by-forty foot ballroom. The ballroom featured a maple floor, marble and mirrored walls , a marble fireplace , and a raised orchestra platform. A projection room in back of the orchestra platform allowed the ballroom to double as a screening room

Gold plating was used exclusively on the doorknobs , built-in mirror frames , ceilings, organ grilles , and bathroom fixtures
A wood paneled elevator travels from the second floor all the way down to two tunnels 175- and 225-feet long one lead to an outdoor sitting area , and the other to the exquisite pool area

The house was built by Mr. Atkinson as a surprise for his wife , Bernice. He planned a surprise party to introduce her to their new home a grand affair with the house brightly lit and filled with fashionably dressed guests. But after strolling through the main floor , Bernice whispered to her husband Who would ever live in a house like this? Its so grandiose. Atkinson was dismayed , and replied , Well then , lets go. We dont have to stay at this party. And they left.

The mansion sat empty until 1945. Atkinson sold the estate to hotel magnate Arnold Kirkeby for $200,000

Kirkeby was killed in an airplane crash in 1962. His wife , Carlotta , maintained ownership until the house was offered for sale in 1986 for $27,000,000. In 1987 producer Jerry Perenchio purchased the estate for $13,500,000.

Perenchio , thereafter , purchased four additional adjacent estates , including a Wallace Neff-designed mansion that became a guesthouse. In the nineties , the esteemed French decorator Henri Samuel was retained to oversee a $9,000,000 restyling of the mansion. In addition to refurbishing the interior , changes included a new roof and chimneys , a new terrace , a new swimming pool and cabana , a new tennis court , a helipad , and underground parking for 30 cars. Reconfiguration of the original iron-gated entrance gave way to a new , longer main driveway. The sizeable acreage of the enlarged estate includes new gardens , fountains , and impeccable landscaping that retains the original dichondra front lawn and square-trimmed carob trees of the original estate
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[49bobbyk]

Wasn't the home originally owned by a famous actor?

[houseofdracula]

@49bobbyk No, it was said on the show that it was built by a Barrymore but that wasn't the case in real life.

[Godskid2009]

is this from a movie?

[houseofdracula]

Yes, the color footage is from a movie called "Disorderlies".

[precioustrash]

The Kirkeby Estate located at 770 Bel Air Rd. California 90077

[houseofdracula]

750

[socalvideos1]

Thanks! Fabulous video!!!

[towrnghrybear]

Thanks for posting - My favorite house!! Mr Kirkeby bought the home and as a way of supporting it's costs - he advertised it/pushed it as a movie and print location. I don't believe he really lived there. It was for sale in the 1980's for $29M then. The current owner is a TV Billionaire and has made many changes including the driveway for privacy. Too many fans hanging on the gates and blocking his driveway, they are still there but, the drive winds around further up hill. GREAT HOUSE!!

[shuttleslutt]

it's in the movie armed and dangerous also, front and pool

[craigwheele]

Another great presentation! Thanks for posting! I'm flattered that you used my aerial photos of the estate that I took in 1998. I have them posted on flickr.

Will there be a Part 3?

[EllyMay73]

Where do you find that soundtrack of the real characters singing such cute songs?? I've been a huge fan my entire life and have never heard any of those songs, about the vittles, critters, long talk etc. Those are great!!

[Godskid2009]

Does anyone know how many rooms this home has? All I know it is in belair and was built in 1933. How did this home get into pictures to start with, such as the Beverly Hillbillies, cinderfella, etc.?