The Samuel Goldwyn Estate is a house at 1200 Laurel Lane in Beverly Hills, California. It was designed by American architects Douglas Honnold and George Vernon Russell for Polish-American film producer Samuel Goldwyn and American actress Frances Howard, finishing construction in 1934. The property was owned by the Goldwyn family until 2015, when it was purchased and subsequently renovated by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Goldwyn and Howard held several social gatherings at the house, with guests including Marlene Dietrich, Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Irving Berlin, Ginger Rogers, Jock Whitney, Lucille Ball, Eleanor Roosevelt, Norma Shearer, and Harpo Marx. The house was made a National Historic Landmark in 2017, and hosts Swift's recording studio, Kitty Committee Studio, set up in April 2020. Design The house was designed by Douglas Honnold and George Vernon Russell in the Georgian Revival style. It was Honnold and Russell's first commission. The pair subsequently designed the Dolores del Río House for the actress Dolores Del Rio and her husband Cedric Gibbons in Pacific Palisades. The house is set over on two storeys made of brick and rendered in stucco. A large foyer leads to the ground floor public rooms. The dining room had a table that could seat twenty guests. The main lounge featured "heavy green drapery" and led to a small card room. The house has four bedrooms on the first floor with the master bedroom suite on the second floor. A guest suite is situated above the garage. The paneled library was also used as a screening room, with the outer doors of the library leading to the large patio. The grounds of the house are set over terraces and include a swimming pool with accompanying cabana, a tool shed, and a tennis court. Goldwyn's biographer A. Scott Berg describes the property as a "gleaming white house with black trim, its two wings forming a welcoming obtuse angle". Howard was given a free rein over the design and planning of the house from Goldwyn, with his only stipulation that the house be white. Goldwyn's biographer, Carol Easton, felt that the design of the house with its strict formality and understated conservatism reflected Howard's understanding of Goldwyn's desire for status and respectability that he had sought since his arrival in the United States as an illiterate immigrant. History Goldwyn family The estate is one of three lots on Laurel Lane in