Image: Taylor Swift on the grand staircase inside Oheka Castle/YouTube

Huntington's Oheka Castle plays a starring role in Taylor Swift's just-released "Blank Space" video.

Swift, 24, and her boyfriend in the video, model Sean O'Pry, live the glamorous life in the 443-acre estate built by Otto Herman Kahn that has come to represent the Gatsby era.

In one scene, Swift lingers on the grand staircase in the entry foyer. In another, Swift whimsically sings while standing on a horse on a path adorned with rows of trees reminiscent of the famed gardens of Versailles. The couple ballroom-dance inside the chateau, and ride bicycles inside the grand library.

But when things go sour in the relationship – this is a Taylor Swift song, after all – the pop star retaliates, as she's known to do.

Oheka is often in the spotlight. Kevin Jonas of the Jonas Brothers was married there in 2009. And many a film has been shot there, including "Citizen Kane" in 1941, and the TV series, "Royal Pains." It is also a popular venue for fundraising events.

Oheka Castle is currently owned by Gary Melius, who made headlines in February 2014 after he was shot in the head by a masked gunman. Melius, a political donor, survived, and no arrests have been made yet in the shooting.

The video is Swift's second single from her "1989" album.



