Steve Jobs’ 17,250-sq-ft mansion was demolished after a long legal battle

The house was commissioned in the 1920s by Daniel C. Jackling, a self-made copper millionaire whose business transformed the American copper industry. For a house that once embodied California wealth and architectural ambition, the end came not with a grand renovation but with bulldozers. The Jackling House, a sprawling Spanish Colonial Revival mansion in the wealthy Silicon Valley town of Woodside, became the center of a years-long fight between Steve Jobs and preservationists. According to an online report by Fortune and Architectural Record, Jobs wanted it gone and hoped to replace it with a smaller, more modern home. Preservationists saw something very different: a rare piece of California architectural history worth saving. In the end, Jobs got his way. The 17,250-square-foot mansion was demolished in 2011, although many of its historic fixtures were salvaged before the building disappeared.A grand home with an unusual pastThe house was commissioned in the 1920s by Daniel C. Jackling, a self-made copper millionaire whose business transformed the American copper industry. Architect George Washington Smith designed the residence, drawing on Spanish and Andalusian influences to c...