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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]
Stillwater Manor, a 24-room 3-story mansion in Salem, NH; Stanton Harcourt Castle, now known as Searles Castle, Windham, NH. 20-room castle completed in 1915 at a cost of approximately $1,250,000, modeled on the Stanton Harcourt Castle in Oxfordshire, England. Dream House, now known as Searles Mansion, Block Island, RI.
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.
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.)
Stanton Harcourt Castle, now known as Searles Castle, Windham, NH. 20 room castle completed in 1915 at a cost of approximately $1,250,000, modeled on the Stanton Harcourt Castle in Oxfordshire, England. Edward F. Searles Estate in Methuen, Massachusetts
Searles Castle, Windham, New Hampshire, built 1905–15 for Edward Francis Searles (see entry above). The stone Tudor Revival mansion was designed by Henry Vaughan, with influences derived from the manor at Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire, England. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
NH 102 and NH 121 Chester: 13: John Crockett House ... New Castle Congregational Church: February 2, 2015 : 65 Main St. ... Searles School and Chapel: January 11, 1982
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