Photographer Annie Leibovitz, renowned for her work featured in Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair for decades, is selling her historic Northern California ranch, listed for $8.995 million.
An aerial view.
The dining area includes a glass-fronted built-in.
One of the four bedrooms in the main house.
An old rotary wall phone was kept in the renovation.
The ranch’s many structures include large and small storage barns.
A view of nearby Bolinas Lagoon.
Leibovitz, who has captured iconic images of figures from Richard Nixon to Queen Elizabeth to John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and frequently shoots covers for Vogue, acquired the remarkable 65-acre ranch in 2019. Situated in the secluded seaside community of Bolinas, a preferred hidden retreat for artists, Hollywood elites, and Silicon Valley professionals, the hilltop ranch dates back to the 1800s, when it first housed the area’s settlers.
The seven-stall horse barn.
Now known as The Hideaway, the ranch is rich in creative history. Ansel Adams famously photographed here, contributing to a traveling Smithsonian exhibit, and later, Warren Hellman, businessman and founder of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival, resided here.
The ranch’s rolling pastureland.
The rural coastal sanctuary is located where the Pacific Ocean meets Mount Tamalpais, offering breathtaking views of Bolinas Lagoon, Stinson Beach, Mount Tamalpais, and San Francisco, which is only an hour away. Several structures on the ranch date back to the 1920s and ’30s, with some even older. Since purchasing the property, Leibovitz invested nearly $2
A windmill and a water tower add to the ranch’s authentic charm.
million in renovations, including a new kitchen and major infrastructure upgrades. Despite these modernizations, the home maintains its quaint farmhouse charm.
A restored barn.
The estate includes seven structures, with four dedicated to residential use. The renovated 1920s main house features four bright bedrooms, an updated kitchen, and cozy living areas. Additionally, there is a one-bedroom guesthouse, a caretaker’s home, and a converted garage. The property also boasts a dairy barn with a recording studio added during Hellman’s tenure, a hay barn, and a seven-stall horse barn, along with a 100-foot by 200-foot riding arena, extra horse and livestock stalls, and fenced pastures.
The recording studio.
Alexander Lurie, a listing agent with Compass, co-listing the property with Nick Svenson, stated in a press release, “The Hideaway at 605 Horseshoe Hill Road stands as a historic property with generations of notable stewardship. During Hellman’s ownership, the agrarian and equestrian wonderland served as a gathering place for musicians of his time. This site has hosted numerous special events, concerts, and weddings over more than a century, holding a significant place in the history of the San Francisco Bay Area and globally. This unique space has inspired renowned musical and visual artists of international repute.”
The ranch’s structures date back to the 1920s and ’30s.
In addition to panoramic water and mountain views, the ranch features rolling hills, verdant forests, lush pastures, and nearby bird and seal sanctuaries.
The dining area includes a glass-fronted built-in.
Leibovitz, currently the first IKEA Artist in Residence, has been active in real estate recently. While she retains an equestrian property in New York’s Hudson Valley, she sold a duplex apartment on New York City’s Central Park West earlier this year for $10.6 million, about $600,000 less than her purchase price a decade ago. Additionally, her 3,200-square-foot live-work studio overlooking the Hudson River in the West Village was listed for sale in January and is now in contract with an asking price of $8.5 million.
The kitchen was updated with a modern farmhouse style.