Bernard Annebicque /Sygma via Getty Images Lolly’s grandfather was Frank Powers, a financier who supplied the money to start the Carmel Development Company with partner James Frank Devendorf in 1902. The couple were no strangers to the area. Nepenthe family legacy dates back to the founding of Carmel The type of isolation Hayworth was trying so hard to avoid is exactly what Bill and Lolly Fassett, then both 36, were looking for when they purchased the property in 1947. As soon as the curtain fell on that show, she’d retreat to an undisclosed location nearby to enjoy amenities like consistent hot running water and power that didn’t threaten to go out every time a coastal breeze picked up. A 1981 Associated Press story about Nepenthe reported that Hayworth - who loved the area but hated the isolation - would often join her husband at the cabin, reading with him or listening to music on the porch, while taking in the panoramic Pacific sunset. The next owners were Hollywood actors Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, who bought it on a whim in 1944 to use as a private getaway. During their four-year marriage, the couple bought a cabin on the same property where Big Sur's Nepenthe stands. Married actors Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth eat out together, circa 1945. Sargent let Miller stay at the cabin, and Miller would later become a regular at Nepenthe after the restaurant was built. After the Trail Club stopped using the cabin, the organization rented it out to a local writer, Lynda Sargent, who took pity on another penniless scribe, Henry Miller, when he moved to the area. It was built by the Trail Club of Jolon in 1925. Nepenthe started as a rambling cliffside retreat, a three-story log cabin, teetering on the precipice of the continent. The property, just off Highway 1 on Big Sur’s South Coast, has a storied history. McQueen, like many stars of that era and this one, frequented Big Sur's Nepenthe. Steve McQueen aims a cue as he shoots pool at home, Los Angeles, 1960s.
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