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| Fake Castles (page 7) |
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| Castle Restaurant Leicester, MA |
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| The Castle Restaurant opened in 1950. The building itself was constructed in 1937, modeled after the Morro Castle in Havana, Cuba. [map] |
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More Massachusetts:
Searles & Tenney Castles (Methuen) Maryland:
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| Marden's Discount [gone] Portland, ME |
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| Marc's Deep-er Discount [gone] Akron, OH |
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Marden's Discount sold clothing, furniture, and other household items. The chain had about a dozen locations but this was the only castle-styled building. This building originally housed a Child World, a now defunct toy store chain which was established in Quincy, MA in 1962. This building was located in the Pine Tree Shopping Center, the oldest shopping center in Maine. This photo is from around 2001. In 2007, the castle features of this building were removed. Marden's has since closed. For more, see this website.
The Marc's Deep-er Discount building was built in 1983 as a Child World toy store in the Rolling Acres mall. The store closed soon after this photo was taken in 1992. Marc's took over the building but then closed in 2004. The mall was built in 1975 and has been vacant since 2008. This building has either been demolished or significantly altered. For more, see this website. The Child World building in Lancaster, PA survives and still has the original turrets. There are a few other remodeled buildings in Aurora, IL, Waukegan, IL, and Sandusky, OH. Children's Palace buildings had the same design. There is a surviving building with turrets in St. Louis, MO. Some other surviving buildings can be found in Englewood, CO, Metairie, LA, Knoxville, TN, Memphis, TN, Norfolk, VA, and Barboursville, WV, For more about these chains, see this website. |
| King's Table Restaurant & Roller Castle [gone] Greenville, MI |
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| According to one source, the Roller Castle & King's Table Restaurant building was constructed in the 1920s as a car showroom for Tower Automotive. Another source says the building was originally an armory. A third source says it was built by R.J. Tower in the late 1920s as the Merchant Palace. In 1936, the building was used for 4-H exhibits. In the 1970s, the building was used for storage. In 1981, the building was remodeled and opened as J.R. Roller Castle, a roller rink. The story book murals were painted at that time. After an addition in 1983, the building was also used as King's Table Restaurant, a banquet hall. There was an extensive fire in 2008. These photos are from 2011. Later that year, the building was demolished. |
| Wild Rover Public House and Bistro Marquette, MI |
Water Tower Brainerd, MN |
Minnesota Museum of Mining Chisholm, MN |
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The Wild Rover Public House and Bistro opened in 2009. The building previously housed Jeffrey's Cafe. Does anyone know what was here originally? By 2023, this building was housing the WZMQ television station. [map]
This concrete, castle style Water Tower was built in 1918. This structure is no longer functional, having been replaced with another water tower in 1960. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [map] The Minnesota Museum of Mining castle style building was built in 1933. The design was based on the Army Corps of Engineers logo. The building was originally used as a firing range. |
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More Michigan:
Highlands Castle (Canadian Lakes) Grand Castle (Grand Rapids) Jorma Lankinen Castle House (Marquette) [map] Curwood Castle (Owosso) [map] More Minnesota:
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| Towers Office and Storage Units Harrisonville, MO |
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| The Towers Office and Storage Units complex was built in 1972. [map] |
| Workhouse Castle Kansas City, MO |
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| The Workhouse Castle was built in 1897 and used as a jail until 1924. The building has been vacant since around 1972. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Castle Northmoor Northmoor, MO |
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| Castle Northmoor was built by Harlan Shaver from 1981-1983. The tower is forty-feet tall. [map] |
| Dr. Spotless Car Wash Liberty, MO |
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| This Dr. Spotless Car Wash has been here since at least 2007. It may have been built in the 1980s. There are other castle-style locations in Cameron, MO, Kansas City, MO, Excelsior Springs, MO, and there may be others. [map] |
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More Missouri:
former Children's Palace (St. Louis) |
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