Guignécourt

• Guignécourt, a circa 1912 Mediterranean estate on 47+ acres
• Original architecture by Bliss & Faville, renowned for the St. Francis Hotel and Pacific-Union Club, San Francisco
• Interiors redesigned by Anthony Hail and featured in Architectural Digest and many other publications
• Panoramic San Francisco Bay views
• Privately held by the de Guigné family for over 100 years and host to many society galas, U.S. presidents, and dignitaries
• Four levels with 6 primary bedrooms, 8 full baths, and 1 half-bath
• 7 original staff bedrooms and 3 bathrooms
• Approximately 16,660 square feet (buyer to confirm)
• Ceiling heights reaching almost 20 feet in the ballroom, and many with carved relief ceiling moldings and triple layers of crown moldings, some with gold leaf detail
• Gated and deer-fenced grounds with private hiking trails, canyons, and reservoir
• Pool and pavilion, designed by renowned landscape architect Porter and Steinwedell
• Detached 3-car garage, 8-car carport, tremendous motor court parking, and ample, discreet staff parking in lower car area

Summary of the Home

First Level

• Foyer and gallery hallway
• Ballroom with fireplace
• Banquet-scaled formal dining room with fireplace
• Library with fireplace and concealed bar
• Cloak room and formal powder room
• Breakfast room with fireplace
• Butler’s pantry/china room
• Professional kitchen, pantry with pastry room, and service courtyard
• Separate chef’s quarters with 2 bedrooms and 1 full bathroom
• Pool pavilion with fireplace and 2 full bathrooms with dressing rooms and closets

Second Level

• Master bedroom suite with fireplace and 2 baths
• 3 bedrooms, two with fireplace, plus hall bath
• 2 bedrooms, each with en suite bath
• 4 original staff bedrooms and one bath
• Laundry room

Third Level

• Bathroom
• Play/recreation room
• 2 large storage rooms

Basement Level

• Professional flower arranging room with refrigeration
• Wine cellar and liquor cellar
• Laundry center
• Bedroom and bathroom
• Storage/utility rooms
• 8-car carport

Location and Schools

• Less than 2 miles to downtown San Mateo and 3 miles to downtown Burlingame
• 8 miles to San Francisco International Airport
• 13 miles to Pacific Ocean beaches
• 13 miles to Facebook and 18 miles to Google headquarters
• 16 miles to Stanford University
• 20 miles to downtown San Francisco
• Excellent Hillsborough public schools: South Hillsborough Elementary (API 956); Crocker Middle (API 961); Aragon High (API 849) (buyer to confirm enrollment)
• Hillsborough private schools include Crystal Springs Uplands (6-12) and Nueva (pre-K to 12)

History

• Count Christian de Guigné, born of French nobility, came to California in 1879 and soon married Mary Katherine Parrott, daughter of a gold rush pioneer with a fortune in banking, landholdings, mining, and ranching; Count de Guigné later started Stauffer Chemical Company and Leslie Salt
• Count de Guigné and Mary Katherine had one son, Christian de Guigné II
• Guignécourt was built for Christian de Guigné II and his wife Marie Christine Elkins; some reports are that it was a wedding present from his father, Count de Guigné (d. 1944)
• Christian and Marie Christine had one child, Christian de Guigné III
• Christian de Guigné III moved into Guignécourt in his early 20s
• Christian de Guigné III married Eleanor Christenson in 1935; they had two sons, Christian de Guigné IV and Charles de Guigné
• The current owner, Christian de Guigné IV, married Vaughn Hills in 1984 and they have 2 daughters, Alyson and Eleanor de Guigné