 American publisher William Randolph Hearst bought parts of the monastery in 1931 with the intention of using its stones in the construction of a grand and fanciful castle at Wyntoon , California , but after some 10 @,@ 000 stones were removed and shipped , they were abandoned in San Francisco for decades . These stones are now in various locations around California : the old church portal has been reassembled at the University of San Francisco , and the chapter house is being reassembled by Trappist monks at the Abbey of New Clairvaux in Vina , California . Other stones are serving as simple decorative elements in Golden Gate Park 's botanical garden . To support the chapter house project , a line of Belgian @-@ style beers is being produced by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company under the Ovila Abbey brand . 
