Bishop's Castle

By bigvern written 5/29/06 8:00 PM, published 5/29/06 8:00 PM

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Willard Bishop began building this castle by hand in 1969. Later his son Jim took over and he is still going at it.
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Castle

Window

Stove

Stairway

Weather Vane

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Penny 5/29/06 8:05 PM

"Window" is a super shot. Love the B&W

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ShadesofBlueArt 5/29/06 8:06 PM

Vern, Great shots especially the B&W. We have a place here in FLA http://www.solomonscastle.com/ out in the middle of an Orange Grove ONA Florida middle of nowhere, pretty cool.

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Savage 5/29/06 8:07 PM

great job!! bigvern.. window an stairway are my top pick's... but loved them all : )

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Pat Rutherford 5/29/06 8:15 PM

Cool place! Window is my favorite, but I like them all. Funny place for a weather vane though :)

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smalltown05 5/29/06 8:16 PM

Kind of a poor man's Gaudi. Great shots...and would love to see this!

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ShadesofBlueArt 5/29/06 8:26 PM

Big Vern, Where is this place?

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Jump1ok 5/29/06 9:39 PM

Interesting

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gdsslove 5/29/06 9:46 PM

We have something similar, yet not so fantastic. It is called the Winchester Mystery House. A woman named Carson kept adding onto it over her lifetime and left (supposedly) enough money so that constuction would never end. She had a strong belief in the occult and spirits, so a recurring number is 13. Doors, stairs, windows, dormers, you name it. Fantastic photos, by the way! Where is this place?
jeffrey 5/29/06 10:10 PM

very very cool

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bugaboo 5/30/06 3:57 AM

Echo...where is this place, I also saved the link to Solomon's castle! Great pictures, I'd love to see it some time.
BusyB1965 5/30/06 4:14 AM

Like the view from the window..and the old stove. Now just where might a person need to be in order to visit this castle.

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Anonymous Hero 5/30/06 5:04 AM

very cool shots.....
bigvern 5/30/06 5:37 AM

For those of you who are interested this is a link that tells a little about the castle and where it is. It's an interesting place and Jim is kind of different! http://www.bishopcastle.org/

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loweho 5/30/06 7:13 AM

Great shots, bigvern! There used to be a place around here that was called the Barn House. A guy just kept building on to his house in an odd manner. Some of the rooms you had to climb to on a ladder... it was weird looking. I think it burned down a 4 or 5 years ago. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/INBOWbarn.html

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RobinG 5/30/06 11:03 AM

Great shots, what an interesting place. By the looks of it there are lots of places like that. :o)
Birdie 5/30/06 5:53 PM

Neat post!