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Entrance to the Sunnylands Visitor Center from Bob Hope Drive in Rancho Mirage.
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Prior to her death in 2009, Mrs. Annenberg identified 15 acres adjacent to Sunnylands as the location for a visitor center. Frederick Fisher & Partners from Los Angeles designed the 17,000-square-foot building and The Office of James Burnett designed the
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Near the entry to the visitor center.
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View from just inside the visitor center entry.
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View to the garden from the visitor center.
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They do make you quite comfortable at the visitor center.
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View to the back of the visitor center from the garden.
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Driving up to the house completed in 1966 and designed by famed Los Angeles based modernist architect Quincy Jones.
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Front door to the Annenberg house.
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View from the front door under the large over hang to provide shade from the desert sun.
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From their private golf course back to one of the expansive patio areas around the house.
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Center is the master bedroom suite. To the right is Mr. Annenbergs office.
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This is the "back door," leading to the pool, guest houses and golf course. The formal dining room can be seen on the left through the window.
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From the golf course back to the house.
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Pool.
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Private 9 hole golf course. Yes, the Annenbergs stocked the pond with fish for guests who wnated to go fishing.
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Really a nice pool.
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Pool lounge area. Nancy and Ron Reagan spent a lot of time out here.
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The patio area on the left is off of the master bedroom.
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Pool area in the California desert.
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The Guest Quarters wing is historic. The Annenbergs envisioned Sunnylands becoming the "Camp David of the West," a place for national and foreign dignitaries and diplomats to gather for summit meetings and retreats in a relaxed setting, available to leade
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Our transportation.
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View to the house from the golf course at the Annenberg Estate in Rancho Mirage, California.
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Breezeway connecting the main house and the guest quarters.
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Back side of the guest quarters with view to the pool.
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Visitior Center from the garden.
