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Steve Jobs Wins The Right To Demolish Old Mansion
Late last month I wrote about how the city council in California is reviewing Steve Jobs’ petition to have 84 year old mansion Jackling House torn down to be replaced by a smaller house. The 17,250 sq. ft. Spanish Colonial style mansion was named after copper millionaire Daniel Jackling, who passed away in 1956. The architect was George Washington Smith.
Jobs bought the Jackling House mansion in 1984 when the first Mac was released. He lived there for 10 years before moving to Palo Alto. The Woodside town council approved a demolition permit for Jobs to have the mansion taken down in 2004, but it was blocked by an ad-hoc organization called Uphold Our Heritage. Uphold Our Heritage viewed Jackling House as a national treasure, but Jobs called it “one of the biggest abominations of a house I’ve ever seen.”
The town council of Woodside, California voted a 6 to 1 approval for the teardown. Mayor Peter Mason, who is also a licensed architect was the one person that voted against the teardown.
[via Fortune]
Steve Jobs Wants Jackling House Demolished
Tomorrow a city council in California will review Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ petition to have an 84 year old mansion torn down to replaced with a smaller house that he prefers to live in. The mansion is 17,250 square feet and is a Spanish Colonial style. The mansion is called Jackling House because it is named after Daniel Jackling, a copper millionaire that passed away in 1956. The house was designed by architect George Washington Smith.
Steve Jobs bought the mansion in 1984, the same year that the first Mac was released. The mansion has 30 rooms and he lived there for the most of the 80′s before buying another place in Palo Alto. Jobs even called it “one of the biggest abominations of a house I’ve ever seen.”
The Friends Of The Jackling House organization want to have the mansion preserved and took the legal battle to the California Supreme Court. Fortune has some additional pictures and information.