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Searles hired architect Henry Vaughan to design Searles Castle. It is built of cut granite, fieldstone, and dark red sandstone, most of which came from Searles' own quarries in Pelham, New Hampshire. The castle is situated high atop the 175-acre (71 ha) Searles estate. The cost of construction was about $1,250,000. [2]
Searles, a millionaire born nearby in Methuen, Massachusetts, acquired 1,300 acres (530 ha) of land in Windham after 1900 and hired architect Henry Vaughan to design a home, "Stanton Harcourt", now known as Searles Castle. Searles also sought to acquire a piece of land owned by the town of Windham, on which sat a rural district schoolhouse.
Smithmore Castle, also known as Smithmore, Spruce Pine, North Carolina. It is a private mountain estate purchased and renovated by Rob Smith in 2008, and serves as a working hotel with a restaurant. [65] [66] [67] Smithsonian Castle, on the National Mall of Washington D.C., built 1847–55 to house the Smithsonian Institution.
The Searles together built Searles Castle in Great Barrington on the grounds of the Kellogg Terrace home that Mary Searles had owned since 1881. [citation needed] The bulk of her estate passed to Searles, while her adopted son Timothy, who had married Sherwood's niece, received only a small portion, resulting in a prolonged dispute.
The castle, located in Great Barrington, Mass., has hit the market for a kingly $8.995 million. (Think that's expensive? (Think that's expensive? It initially hit the market for $15 million in 2007.)
Searles Castle can refer to two buildings in the United States, named after designer Edward Francis Searles: Searles Castle (Massachusetts) , completed in 1888, Great Barrington, Massachusetts Searles Castle (New Hampshire) , completed in 1915, Windham, New Hampshire
Mark Hopkins died in 1878 and Mary Hopkins married Edward Francis Searles, who had designed the interior while the castle was being built. He was 23 years younger than she was. Hopkins died in 1891, but Searles maintained the castle until his death in 1920. [3] After Searles died, the structure was used as a private girls' school for 30 years. [3]
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