Muhammad Ali's homes, from Chicago to a Los Angeles mansion, in photos

Timed to a new Prime Video series about him, Architectural Digest has gathered photographs of Muhammad Ali away from the ring, and they double as a tour of the places he lived. It begins in Chicago, where a single-storey brick house in Avalon Park came fully furnished as a gift from the Nation of Islam; Ali married his second wife there in 1967. A spell in West Philadelphia's Overbrook Park followed, in a house later owned by Kobe Bryant's grandparents.

The grandest setting is Los Angeles. In 1979 Ali bought a 14,500-square-foot Italian Renaissance mansion in Hancock Park, built in 1916 by architect John C. Austin, with seven bedrooms, stained-glass panels by Louis Comfort Tiffany and a dining room of carved dark wood under a crystal chandelier. The pictures catch him shooting pool in the games room, posing in his home office and, memorably, eating cereal alone at that formal table, alongside a crowded trophy room.

The one place you can still visit is Fighter's Heaven, the Deer Lake, Pennsylvania, training camp he bought in 1972, with a log gym, cabins, a mosque and a stone fireplace in the courtyard. It is now a tourist destination with a small museum: worth a detour for boxing fans, while the rest is for reading.

Our summary of a story from Architectural Digest, published 3 November 2026. Read the original

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