There’s a new president in California.
The famous Golden State White House replica sold on Wednesday for $23 million.
Known as the “White House of the West,” the 24,400-square-foot Georgian colonial went on the market in June 2023 — and sold well below its $38.9 million asking price.
“This large, four-story house designed by Julia Morgan was created as a replica of the White House by George Hearst in 1930,” Alex Buljan of Compass Real Estate told the Sacramento Bee.
“We are delighted that this historic Hillisborough property has found the special buyer it deserves.”
The San Francisco Bay Area mansion looks a lot different than the last time it went up for sale.
Previous owners Mehrdad Elie and his wife Neda Elie — who bought the property for $15 million in 2022 — renovated all nine bathrooms, knocked down walls in four rooms to create a large kitchen, installed new hardwood floors and added a cinema.
The $6 million fix still adheres to the original architectural details, according to Compass.
Like its DC inspiration, the West White House has a wood-paneled “Oval Office,” a rose garden, and many imposing columns.
It also boasts 11 bedrooms, a gym, a swimming pool and a wine cellar.
The house dates back to 1878, when it was built for a real estate developer and cattle rancher named William Henry Howard, who then sold it to Central Pacific Railroad fortune heir Charles Frederick Crocker.
Roughly 10 years after Crocker died, in 1897, the family sold the house — without the land underneath — to a contractor, who moved the mansion half a mile away, where it remains on 2.9 acres.
It eventually fell into the hands of George Hearst, son of media magnate William Randolph Hearst, who in 1930 tapped architect Julia Morgan to rebuild the house—and transform it into the West White House.
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