Quigley's Castle, Historic house museum in Carroll County, United States.
Quigley's Castle is a house museum and garden at 274 Quigley Castle Road, south of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Elise Quigley designed the house, built in 1943 by Albert Quigley and a neighbor with lumber from the property. Its exterior walls are decorated with rocks Elise collected since childhood, and the interior includes a two-story space for tropical plants.
Elise Quigley designed the house and Albert Quigley built it in 1943 with a neighbor, using lumber from the property. In 1950 the family began charging admission for tours, a practice that continues today. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Elise Quigley began gathering rocks as a child, and that collection covers the house's exterior today. The family opened the home to paying visitors in 1950, a practice that continues, so the guided tour itself is the tradition a visitor takes part in.
Quigley's Castle is at 274 Quigley Castle Road, off Arkansas Highway 23 south of Eureka Springs. The family has charged admission for tours since 1950, and tours still run today. Visitors see the house and the gardens that now cover much of the property.
Elise Quigley began gathering rocks in childhood, and that collection eventually covered the exterior walls of the house she designed. The gardens she planted over the following decades spread across much of the property, and the family has charged admission to tour the home since 1950.
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