I've been noticing scenes shots here since I found something on the internet about it -- and about how it is "endangered" and may be demolished to make way for more "commercial" use (ugh! modern cheek-by-jowl condos!). Here's a picture of it as it was when built:
This is a picture after restoration (and apparently as used in MPI):
Walker Estate Partial Restoration
Wikipedia Blurb on the Walker Estate
These are articles I found by Googling it. -- how it was for sale and, according to what I can find so far, not demolished yet (Oh, to win a $230 million lottery so I could spend the $12.9 million for it, restore it -- AND pay for you all to come visit me there!).
Potential Demolishing
Another article
Most Recent Update I Can Find
Anyway, it was apparently used several times in at least the first season of MPI. So far, I've found it in "Never Again . . . Never Again" (as the house where Kessler was found murdered -- I think I caught a quick shot of it only in a night scene so I'm not sure of this one), in "Curse of the KKC," as the house of the owner of the land the KKC is leased from, and now, tonight, in watching "Holmes Is Where the Heart Is," as the estate of the guy who died and was buried at the beginning of the show (Sir Alec Ramsey?) and then the Japanese war lord's residence, Mr. Ching?
So, I'm starting a thread to find what other episodes it might have been used in too. Is IslandHopper the expert on settings too?
I'm big on historic preservation of old houses, and it'll break my heart if this house gets demolished. In the meantime, how many times can we find it used in MPI? In any of the later seasons' episodes or only Season 1?
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Great post golf! I love the Walker Estate. It's such a beautiful piece of property. They used it quite a bit in the show, but I completely missed it in Holmes Is Where the Heart Is!
The only other episode I can think of is Smaller Than Life (4.3) with Cork Hubbert. The estate was used extensively, for both inside and outside shooting.
The only other episode I can think of is Smaller Than Life (4.3) with Cork Hubbert. The estate was used extensively, for both inside and outside shooting.
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Thanks! I'll have to watch for that one but I don't know WHEN it will be on Sleuth, since they keep repeating the first three seasons (as I have mentioned).
But here's Google Earth shot of it:
At least I think that's it, from the address search. But I sure don't see in this roofline what looks like the octagonal tower to the left of the front porch.
Any ideas?
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Thanks! I'll have to watch for that one but I don't know WHEN it will be on Sleuth, since they keep repeating the first three seasons (as I have mentioned).
But here's Google Earth shot of it:
At least I think that's it, from the address search. But I sure don't see in this roofline what looks like the octagonal tower to the left of the front porch.
Any ideas?
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