668 St. Cloud Road (previously 666 St. Cloud Road) was a residence in the Bel-Air district of Los Angeles. It was occupied by Nancy and Ronald Reagan from 1989 until their respective deaths. The interior was designed by Peter Schifando, a protégé of Ted Graber. An auction at Christie's of items from the Reagans' private collections from the house took place in 2016.
History
The house was purchased by a group of friends for Nancy and Ronald Reagan for $2.5 million in 1986 (). The friends included the businessmen Earle Jorgensen and Holmes Tuttle, members of Ronald Reagan's informal "kitchen cabinet" of wealthy supporters and advisers. The house was purchased with an agreement that the Reagans could lease the house with an option to buy it in the future. It was given to a trust under the name of the couple in 1989. The couple repaid their friends with their earnings from the advances on their memoirs, An American Life and My Turn. They moved to the house in 1989 after leaving the White House in Washington, D.C., where Ronald had served as president of the United States until his term ended that same year. Ronald Reagan died at the house in 2004 aged 93 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for many years. Nancy Reagan died at the house in 2016 aged 94.
The Reagans' neighbors in 1987 included Burt Bacharach, Michael D. Eisner, Henry Salvatori, Robert Stack and Elizabeth Taylor.
Nancy Reagan's superstitions regarding the number 666, also known as the number of the beast, caused her to ask the Government of Los Angeles to change the number of the residence from 666 to 668 St. Cloud Road, which they did.
The couple received numerous notable political visitors at the house including the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Many Republican presidential candidates visited the Reagans at the house during their campaigns including from George W. Bush to Mitt Romney. Only the Reagans' children were permitted to visit them at the house during the years of Ronald Reagan's illness.
The house was bought by the businessman Jerry Perenchio for $15 million in 2015. Perenchio owned several properties near the house at the time of his purchase including the Chartwell Mansion. Perenchio was also part of the board of trustees for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation since 2000.
The house was demolished by 2020.
Description
The house was built in 1954 in the mid-century modern style and stood in of grounds. It was described as a 'California ranch style' house and was considered modest in size when compared with other houses in Bel-Air. Nancy Reagan described the house as "...deceiving, because from outside it looks so tiny". The driveway to the house was lined with bougainvillea. Nancy Reagan grew yellow orchids in the hothouse under the swimming pool. The house had extensive views of Century City and Downtown Los Angeles. In 2016 it was in size with three bedrooms and six bathrooms over two stories. The house had a swimming pool and landscaped grounds and lawns. The house had an exercise room and wine cellar and two servants' rooms above the kitchen. A 1987 neighbor told the Washington Post reporter Lloyd Grove that the house was "...not adequate. It doesn't have good parking facilities. I don't know where they'll put their guests and all that. It's not an architecturally beautiful place. The price, however, was very good".