Posted in Missouri
June 09, 2015
Most People Don’t Know These 6 Castles Are Hiding In Missouri
Unless you are playing chess, a castle is defined as a large building or group of buildings fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and in many cases a moat. Missouri has its fair share of castles, moats not withstanding.
This Bavarian style castle sits on 700 acres, comes with its own lake and indoor swimming pool - it's also for sale.
Bothwell lodge is a historic state property that began it's 31 year construction period in 1890. It was built atop two of Missouri's 6,400 caves by a Sedalia lawyer John Homer Bothwell.
Some castles are built to keep people in and the Kansas City Workhouse is one example. Constructed as a jail for petty offenders in 1897, part of their sentence included work, which is how it landed the name Kansas City Workhouse.
Pythan Castle, located at 1451 E. Pythian Street in Springfield, Missouri was built in 1913. The castle was originally built by Knights of Pythias and taken over in 1942 by U.S. Military. Now owned by Tamara Finocchiaro, visitors can walk through the halls year round or even take a ghost tour.
Cupples Mansion isn't really a castle but it is castle-like. On the campus of St. Louis University, the 42 room mansion was constructed from 1888 to 1890. Samuel Cupples was the wealthy businessman behind what is now a museum open to the public. Locate this amazing structure at 3673 W Pine Mall, St. Louis.
This now private residence is being restored. It was moved from it's original location in 1908 and spent a portion of its use as a Administrative Offices for the Kansas City Museum. (http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/wallace.htm)
Missouri has many castles that are hidden away by design and some may sadly be forgotten about. We know you haven’t forgotten. Where are your favorite castles across Missouri? Are they haunted? What’s their story?
