Searles Castle (Massachusetts)

Searles Castle
Searles Castle
Location389 Main Street,
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°11′31″N 73°21′45″W / 42.19194°N 73.36250°W / 42.19194; -73.36250
Area64 acres (26 ha)
Built1883
Built byNorcross Bros.
ArchitectStanford White (McKim, Meade & White)
Architectural styleRenaissance, Chateauesque
NRHP reference No.82004953
Added to NRHPApril 15, 1982

The Searles Castle is a French chateau-style castle-style house in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. 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, 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.