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The owners of Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York, owe over $60 million to creditors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’ music video.<\/span>Credit :\u00a0<\/span>Taylor Swift\/Youtube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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  • The castle featured in Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” music video has filed for bankruptcy<\/li>\n
  • In documents obtained by PEOPLE, the property owner filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it owes over $60 million to its creditors<\/li>\n
  • The Oheka Castle Hotel & Estate has been featured in\u00a0Citizen Kane<\/em>,\u00a0Succession\u00a0<\/em>and was the venue for Kevin Jonas’ 2009 wedding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    A historic mansion featured in\u00a0Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cBlank Space\u201d music video has filed for bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

    According to a July 31 filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of New York, Oheka Castle in Huntington, N.Y. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The owner, Gary Melius, made the motion to avoid a foreclosure sale of the property at public auction.<\/p>\n

    The initial filing notes that the property\u2019s ownership entity \u2014 Kahn Property Owner LLC \u2014 owes just over $63.5 million to its creditors. Meanwhile, it has zero cash on hand and only $57.27 in its checking account.<\/p>\n

    The Long Island property served as the memorable backdrop in Swift\u2019s \u201cBlank Space\u201d music video, in which she and her male suitor are seen falling in and out of love while riding horses through a formal garden and picnicking in an Olmstead-designed garden. In one iconic shot, Swift bashes in the hood of sports car in the mansion’s motor court.<\/p>\n

    Other scenes, including the stately dining room, were filmed at another nearby New York mansion, Winfield Hall, also known as the Woolworth mansion.<\/p>\n

    The entire Oheka property is worth over $92 million in assets, which includes the Oheka Castle Hotel & Estate and the 22 acres of land it sits on. Meluis operates the property and Oheka operates as a separate entity.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI purchased the property in 1984 when it was an abandoned shell of a building. Since that time, it has been a labor of love of mine and I have literally put my blood, sweat and tears into restoring and improving the property,\u201d Melius said in the filing.<\/p>\n

    He added: \u201cGiving back to the community is important to me and I have utilized the property for community use, Easter egg hunts, movies, community meetings and events, charity golf outings and raising money for various charitable organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    \u201cThe weddings are all still on,\u201d he told\u00a0Newsday\u00a0of the popular venue. \u201cNo one should worry about it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

    Melius\u2019 attorney did not immediately respond to PEOPLE\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

    In addition to its appearance in \u201cBlank Space,”\u00a0the property has appeared in other movies and TV shows\u00a0including\u00a0Citizen Kane,\u00a0Gossip Girl,\u00a0Project Runway,\u00a0Succession\u00a0and more. The castle was even used as the venue of\u00a0Kevin and Danielle Jonas\u2019 wedding\u00a0in 2009.<\/p>\n

    As of Aug. 8,\u00a0rooms at the Oheka Castle\u00a0range from $495 to $1,295 per night.<\/p>\n

    According to the resort\u2019s\u00a0website, financier and philanthropist Otto Hermann Kahn built a 109,000 square-foot, 127-room estate as a summer home in the 1920s. After the original owner died in 1934, the estate changed hands several times. For years it stood abandoned until Melius purchased the property in 1984.<\/p>\n

    The property has since undergone a $40 million renovation. Today, the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a member of the Historic Hotels of America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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