Photographer Annie Leibovitz is selling her historic Northern California ranch, which is currently listed for $8.995 million. Her photography has been featured on the glossy pages of Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair for decades.
Leibovitz, who frequently photographs covers of Vogue and has shot everyone from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to Richard Nixon and Queen Elizabeth, bought the amazing 65-acre estate in 2019. The hilltop ranch is situated in the well-known, exclusive seaside town of Bolinas, a well-liked, secretive Northern California retreat for artists, Hollywood types, and the Silicon Valley set. The ranch’s original occupants lived there in the 1800s.
The property, currently called The Hideaway, has a rich creative past. Here, the renowned photographer Ansel Adams captured photographs for a traveling Smithsonian exhibit. Later, this residence was occupied by businessman and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival organizer Warren Hellman.
Stunning views of the Bolinas Lagoon, Stinson Beach, Mount Tamalpais, and San Francisco, which is only an hour away, may be seen from this rustic coastal getaway, which is situated where the Pacific Ocean meets Mount Tamalpais. Many of the ranch’s buildings are from the 1920s and 1930s, and some even go back to the time of the first settlers. Leibovitz invested close to $2 million in renovations after buying the home in 2019, adding a new kitchen and significant infrastructural improvements. Nevertheless, the house still has that simple country charm.
There are seven buildings altogether, with four of them making up the compound’s residential area. The main house, which was renovated in the 1920s, features four light-filled bedrooms, a lovely refurbished kitchen, and cozy living areas. In addition, there is a caretaker’s residence, a converted garage, and a guesthouse with one bedroom. A recording studio was erected to a dairy barn on the property during Hellman’s ownership. The remaining buildings, a hay barn and a seven-stall horse barn, are used for equestrian facilities. A 100-by-200-foot indoor riding arena, more horse and animal stables, and enclosed pastures are also present.
The ranch property boasts expansive views of the mountains and water, as well as beautiful grasslands, rolling hills, and local bird and seal sanctuaries.
As the first IKEA Artist in Residence, Leibovitz has been making headlines in the real estate world lately. She still owns a horse farm in the Hudson Valley, but she also sold a duplex apartment in a prestigious building on Central Park West in New York City earlier this year for $10.6 million, which is more than $600,000 less than what she paid roughly ten years ago. Additionally, her 3,200-square-foot live-work studio in the West Village, which has an amazing view of the Hudson River, was listed for sale in January and is currently under contract for $8.5 million.
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