Hacienda del Pozo de Verona

{{Short description|19th century mansion in California, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox building | name = Hacienda del Pozo de Verona | image = Hacienda del pozo de verona exterior.jpg | image_alt = | image_size = | caption = | building_type = | architectural_style = [[Mission Revival architecture|Mission Revival]], [[Pueblo Revival architecture|Pueblo Revival]], [[Moorish architecture|Moorish]] | cost = | location = [[Pleasanton, California]] | coordinates = {{Coord|37.6371|-121.8949|display=inline,title}} | client = | location_country = United States | construction_start_date = 1894 | completion_date = 1898 | demolished_date = 1969 | height = | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | architect = [[A. C. Schweinfurth]], [[Julia Morgan]] | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = }}

The '''Hacienda del Pozo de Verona''' was a [[mansion]] designed by architect [[A. C. Schweinfurth]] for philanthropist [[Phoebe Hearst]] on part of the former [[Rancho Valle de San José]] in the [[Amador Valley]] near [[Pleasanton, California]].<ref>{{Cite book|title = On the Edge of the World: Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Su2h3rf2NlwC|publisher = University of California Press|date = 1998-01-01|isbn = 9780520214156|language = en|first = Richard W.|last = Longstreth}}</ref> The Hacienda was originally built between 1894 and 1898, with substantial later additions designed by architect [[Julia Morgan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stately Homes of California |url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2626749W/Stately_Homes_of_California |website=OpenLibrary |accessdate = 2015-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Julia Hunt |author1-link=Julia Morgan |title=La Hacienda del Pozo de Verona, Pleasanton (8 views) |url=https://calisphere.org/item/5b4ea020e7ecdcfa2b5751944e6f2d10/ |website=[[Calisphere]] |access-date=15 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The design of the Hacienda combined [[Mission Revival architecture|Mission]], [[Pueblo Revival architecture|Pueblo]], and [[Moorish architecture|Moorish]] [[architectural style]]s. It was destroyed by fire in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Lady of the House|url = http://www.diablomag.com/September-2006/Lady-of-the-House/|website = Diablo Magazine|accessdate = 2015-09-01|date = September 2006|last = Davis|first = Susan E.|archive-date = 2015-09-23|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214404/http://www.diablomag.com/September-2006/Lady-of-the-House/|url-status = dead}}</ref>

A railroad station named Hacienda (or Hearst) was built on the Western Pacific Railroad at [[Verona, California|Verona]] to serve the estate.<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|682}}</ref>

The property was acquired by a group of businessmen in 1924 and it became the original home of the Castlewood Country Club. <ref>{{Cite web|title = Club at Castlewood |url = https://www.castlewoodcc.org/history |website = Club at Castlewood |accessdate = 2022-08-21|date=August 2022}}</ref> It burned down in 1969.<ref>https://www.independentnews.com/community/museum-talk-describes-hearst-connection-to-pleasanton/article_351a361e-d348-11e4-9967-97012a063c7e.html</ref>

The community of '''Castlewood, California''' formed from houses around the club. Alameda County created the Castlewood County Service Area in 1968. It currently provides road maintenance, water, and sewer services to the community.

== See also == * [[List of works by Julia Morgan]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://castlewoodpoa.org/ Castlewood Property Owners Association] *[https://www.acpwa.org/programs-services/County-Service-Areas/CastlewoodAR.page Castlewood County Service Area] *[https://www.castlewoodcc.org/ The Club at Castlewood]

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