Howard Hughes’ onetime Palm Springs hideaway sells for $1.35M

The Associated Press

7 years ago

Businessman and aviator Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) sea plane in the waters off Long Beach, California on Nov. 2, 1947, prior to taking the massive 8-engine troop transport out on a test flight. (J.R. Eyerman/Time & Life)

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — A home once owned by billionaire Howard Hughes has sold for $1.35 million.

A Palm Springs television station reported the three-bedroom home located along a secluded desert road in Palm Springs, California, retains the style of the 1950s. It features a lagoon-shaped pool, and comedian Bob Hope was once a neighbor.

The identity of the buyer was not immediately released.