Built in 1933, it is best known for its role as the Clampett family home in the 1960s television sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies.

[2] The house was designed by Sumner Spaulding in 1933 in the style of a French chateau.

It was built for engineer and contractor Lynn Atkinson,[3] who commissioned the property for his wife.

[4] The house, located on 10 acres (4 hectares), with gardens designed by Henri Samuel, later was owned by Arnold Kirkeby and then Jerry Perenchio.

In 2019 the mansion was sold to Lachlan Murdoch for about $150 million, which was the highest sale price for any house in California history.