The Pacific Ocean is seen from a living area on the second floor in the Mazza Castle in Pacifica on Feb. 17, 2024. Built in 1908 by San Francisco attorney Henry Harrison McCloskey and after numerous changing of hands, bought by painting and interior decorating contractor Sam Mazza in 1959, the castle is now owned by the Sam Mazza Foundation and is open for tours and events. Credit: Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News

Pacifica’s Mazza Castle packed with sparkling art, Hollywood kitsch, occasional ghosts

by Francine Brevetti, Bay City News March 18, 2024March 20, 2024

Jeanette Cool heads up an organization that keeps the 116-year-old Mazza Castle on a hill in Pacifica in good shape, open for tours and musical events.

The CEO of the Sam Mazza Foundation has overseen the building’s considerable repair work since Sam Mazza bought it in 1959.

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