Английская Википедия:Hoquiam's Castle
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Hoquiam's Castle, also known as the Robert Lytle Mansion, is a private residence in Hoquiam, Washington. Built in 1897 and completed in 1900, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
Description
Hoquiam's Castle is a five-story wood-frame structure on a hand-fitted sandstone foundation[1] situated on a hillside.[2] Primarily Richardsonian Romanesque style, the exterior includes Queen Anne and Shingle elements.[3]
The entrance to the Шаблон:Convert[4] house is fronted by Шаблон:Convert wide sandstone stairs with a sandstone arch and cement lions at the top. The sandstone for the foundation and stairs was quarried in Tenino, Washington. On the southwest corner is a tower projecting from the third floor. The house has over 20 rooms. Interior woodwork on the first floor is golden oak. The main salon is illuminated by a 600 piece crystal chandelier. Both the music room and dining room have Шаблон:Convert pocket doors. The third floor has a ballroom with a Шаблон:Convert bandstand.[1] A bathroom on the second floor contains a porcelain commode made by Thomas Crapper.[4]
The mansion was the first home in Hoquiam to have electric lights.[1]
History
The Lytle brothers, Robert and Joseph, ran a grocery business in Fairhaven, Washington, then moved their business to Hoquiam.[1] In the 1880s, Hoquiam became a center for lumber.[3] When a customer paid his bill by turning over his logging operation, the brothers became part of the logging industry.[1]
Robert F. Lytle began building his house in 1897, next door to his brother's house. Robert's house which became known as Hoquiam's Castle was completed in 1900.[4]
Shortly after the house was completed, Lytle gave it to his niece, Theadosia Bale, as a wedding gift. After Bale died in the 1950s, the house was unoccupied until 1968.[4] In the early 1970s, the Robert Watson family restored Hoquiam's Castle.[3] For some years, it was operated as Hoquiam's Castle Bed and Breakfast.[5][6] When it was sold in 2004, the new owner allowed it to be set up as a "haunted house" to raise money for children's activities.[7]
References
Шаблон:National Register of Historic Places
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- National Register of Historic Places in Grays Harbor County, Washington
- Romanesque Revival architecture in Washington (state)
- Houses completed in 1900
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