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Redlands, California
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Built in 1897 by Cornelia Hill and bought in 1905 by John Alfred and Helen Cheney Kimberly, this French chateau-style mansion gained its terraced Italian gardens in 1908. Their youngest daughter, the philanthropist Mary Kimberly Shirk, inherited the estate and left it to the people of Redlands when she died in 1979. It is now run by the nonprofit Kimberly-Shirk Association, and its exterior was used in the 1981 horror film Hell Night.
A Redlands haunted-house guide says the estate is reportedly haunted by its last private owner, Mary Kimberly Shirk, and the reputation grew after the film.
House tours run Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. (about 45 minutes, last tour at 3:30), about $15 for adults; the gardens are free Monday to Friday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Saturdays. Confirm at kimberlycrest.org/visit.
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