Stonepine Estate
{{Short description|Historic hotel in California}}
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| location = Carmel Valley, California, United States
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| completion_date = 1920
| website = [https://stonepineestate.com Official Website]
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The Stonepine Estate is a {{convert|330|acre|km2}} hotel located in Carmel Valley, Monterey County, California, United States. Stonepine provides luxury accommodations, dining, weddings, corporate retreats, and equestrian activities. The property consists of two main areas: Chateau Noel and the Double H Ranch. It is listed on the National Registry of the Historic Hotels of America.{{cite web|url=https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/stonepine-estate/history.php |title=Stonepines Estate: History|publisher=Historic Hotels of America|access-date=May 24, 2020}} It was once the oldest thoroughbred breeding facility west of the Mississippi.{{cite web|url=http://doublehranchbandb.com/ |title=Double H Ranch B&B |access-date=May 24, 2021}}
History
The estate was built in 1920 for Helen Crocker Russell (daughter of banker William Henry Crocker) and her husband, Henry Porter Russell, and was known as Double H Ranch, in the style of a Mediterranean estate. They had purchased it when the Rancho Los Laureles was subdivided. The ranch was purchased from descendants in 1983 by Gordon and Noel Hentschel and converted into a country resort, named Stonepine Estate. It is located in Carmel Valley, California, an unincorporated area of Monterery County.
According to the Monterey Herald, "It's here where the Crocker family — California royalty with an empire built on railroad ties and bank notes — lived a Gatsby-esque existence, replete with the Fitzgerald novel's themes of love, money, social classes and the American dream."{{cite news|url=https://www.montereyherald.com/2011/12/01/stonepine-estate-this-carmel-valley-hidden-treasure-evokes-the-era-of-the-great-gatsby/ |title=Stonepine Estate: This Carmel Valley hidden treasure evokes the era of The Great Gatsby |publisher=Monterey Herald |author=Mike Hale|date=December 1, 2011}}
The Stonepine Estate Equestrian Center serves guests with private riding on the {{convert|330|acre|km2}} grounds of the estate, and also boards horses and serves as a training facility for the local community.{{cite web|url=http://www.stonepineequestrian.com/boarding.html |title=Stonepine Estate Equestrian Center|access-date=May 24, 2021}}
The resort was used to shoot the wedding of Eden Capwell and Cruz Castillo for the Santa Barbara TV series in 1988.Roos, Henrietta. Soap Opera Super Couples: The Great Romances of Daytime Drama. Jefferson: McFarland, 2017. Amazon Kindle. 18 Dec. 2016. It became listed on the National Registry of the Historic Hotels of America in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/stonepine-estate/ |title=Stonepine Estate |publisher=Historic Hotels of America|access-date=April 5, 2020}} In 2021, the estate with {{convert|400|acre|km2}} was listed for sale at asking price $70 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-california-a-historic-home-on-400-acres-lists-for-70-million-11637769578 |title=In California, a Historic Home on 400 Acres Lists for $70 Million |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=November 24, 2021}}
References
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