Searles Castle | |
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| Location | 389 Main Street, Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°11′31″N 73°21′45″W / 42.19194°N 73.36250°W |
| Area | 64 acres (26 ha) |
| Built | 1883 |
| Built by | Norcross Bros. |
| Architect | Stanford White (McKim, Meade & White) |
| Architectural style | Renaissance, Chateauesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004953[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 15, 1982 |
The Searles Castle is a French chateau-style castle-style house in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.[2] Built in the 1880s, the romantically imagined structure has seven stories and includes a "dungeon" basement. The castle was initially designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White,[3] a famous New York architectural firm at the time. There are 40 rooms containing 54,246 square feet (5,039.6 m2) of floor space, as well as 36 fireplaces.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Durwin, Joe (2007-03-15). "These Mysterious Hills: SEARLES CASTLE". These Mysterious Hills. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ Parrish, Lila (1984). A History of Searles Castle. Great Barrington, MA. pp. 1–31.
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