Hayvenhurst
{{Short description|Former residence of the Jackson family}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox building
| name = Hayvenhurst
| location = 4641 Hayvenhurst Ave, Encino, California
| owner = Jackson family
| location_country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|34.15474|-118.49337|region:US-CA|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
}}
Hayvenhurst is a {{convert|2|acre|adj=on}} compound in the Encino neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley in California, United States. It became the home of the Jackson family, including Michael Jackson, who perfected the Moonwalk and recorded demos for the albums Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad there. The compound was purchased by Jackson's father Joe in May 1971 for $140,000 (equivalent to $1.1 million in 2025) after the first commercial successes of the Jackson 5.
The estate is on Hayvenhurst Avenue, in Encino, in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. Its centerpiece is a 5-bedroom, 7-bathroom, {{convert|10476|sqft|adj=on}}-building.{{Cite web|date=2009-07-08|title=Jackson Family House in Los Angeles, CA|url=https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jackson-family-house/view/google/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Virtual Globetrotting|language=en}} It also includes three small stores that resemble a candy store, a puppet shop, and an ice cream shop. Additions to the property in the 1980s include a {{convert|6|ft|adj=on}} Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs diorama, a movie theater, and a koi pond.
"Hayvenhurst" was also the name of an earlier palatial estate located in West Hollywood, constructed in 1907 by W. H. Hay, the subdeveloper of Crescent Heights and the eponym of Hayvenhurst Avenue.{{Cite news|date=1913-04-06|title=Palatial Homes Near Completion|pages=63|work=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80272127/palatial-homes-near-completion/|access-date=2021-06-27|via=newspapers.com}}
History
The Jackson family moved to Hayvenhurst from their home in Gary, Indiana, after living in various places around Los Angeles,{{Cite web|last=Bertram|first=Colin|title=Michael Jackson: Inside His Early Years in Gary, Indiana With His Musical Family|url=https://www.biography.com/news/michael-jackson-growing-up-gary-indiana-jackson-5|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Biography|language=en-us}} including several hotels, the homes of Berry Gordy and Diana Ross, and a Mediterranean-style house at 1601 Queens Road in Hollywood Hills.{{Cite web|last=Antunes|first=Andrea|date=July 26, 2019|title=Meet the houses where Michael Jackson lived|url=http://corujamusic.com.br/meet-the-homes-where-michael-jackson-lived/|access-date=2021-06-27|language=pt-BR}}
Michael Jackson lived at Hayvenhurst from 1971 until 1988 when he bought the Neverland Ranch at age 29. Demos for songs for Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad were recorded at Hayvenhurst, and Jackson undertook early development of his version of the Moonwalk there.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/06/26/the-first-neverland|title=The First "Neverland"|first=Andrew|last=Goldman|date=June 26, 2009|via=www.thedailybeast.com}} It was once the home of Jackson's famous chimpanzee, Bubbles.
The family remained at Hayvenhurst. Jermaine Jackson lived there on and off for years. Joe Jackson left Hayvenhurst after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/MichaelJackson/story?id=8072081&page=1|title=Controversial Father Joe Jackson Speaks Out on the Making of Superstar Son|website=ABC News}} In 2010, the house was appraised at $4.15 million, and then underwent extensive renovations.{{Cite web|agency=Associated Press|title=Katherine Jackson putting Jackson family's Encino compound on the market|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/katherine-jackson-putting-jackson-family-encino-compound-market-article-1.1046520|access-date=2021-06-27|website=nydailynews.com}} The following year, Katherine Jackson listed the compound for sale, asking "executors to negotiate the purchase of a new residence for her and the children, Paris, Prince and Prince Michael, known as Blanket". However, the estate has remained in the Jackson family, and as of 2019 was occupied by Michael Jackson's daughter.{{Cite web|date=2019-03-04|title=Everything to know on Michael Jackson's Hayvenhurst home|url=https://www.newsweek.com/hayvenhurst-house-michael-jackson-former-home-1351096|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Newsweek|language=en}}