Title: The heiress and her chateau
Description: Harriet Pullman Carolan, heiress to the Pullman railroad car company fortune, constructed the 98-room chateau Carolands in 1915-16.  Willis Polk supervised construction of the American Renaissance-design residence, which is an adaptation of Vaux le Vicomte, and also a prototype for the Palace of Versailles.  In the early 1950s, Countess Lillian Remillard Dandini acquired the chateau and the six remaining acres of land.
Subjects: Buildings, structures, Domestic Architecture, Local History, Carolands (Hillsborough, Calif.), Historic buildings, History
Places: Hillsborough, San Mateo County (Calif.), California, Hillsborough (Calif.)
People: Harriet Pullman Carolan (1869-1956), Willis Polk (1867-1924)