There is a castle located in Kentucky. It is on Versailles Road between Lexington and Frankfort. It's a castle built on love. Rex Martin, a wealthy developer, build it for his wife, Caroline. They were in Europe and she saw some castles, and she was taken with them.
So in 1968, Martin broke ground along U.S. 60 in Woodford County. But by the mid-70s, the marriage was over. That's when construction of the 10,000 square foot home with seven bedrooms and baths, three dining rooms and a swimming pool stopped. And the rumors began.
The story of Kentucky's mystery castle.
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I've seen it many times from the highway. I've always wanted to go inside and look!
Seriously, the owner should just move to France, we have loads over here. We all live in them.
Except that huge house burnt down a couple years ago. Now there is a new owner who rebuilt the home and rumors are spreading about it becoming a new posh (tres expensive) hotel.
Here's the google Street View:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=230+Pisgah+Pike,+Versailles,+KY+40383&sll=38.046249,-84.652963&sspn=0.002708,0.003251&ie=UTF8&ll=38.047364,-84.655344&spn=0.010832,0.013003&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=38.047442,-84.655297&panoid=fU3t8qvd9CviN3NE_0qeUQ&cbp=12,98.8,,0,-4.65
and here's the new website:
http://www.thecastlepost.com/default.asp
Take a look inside the castle at http://www.wlky.com/video/20043681/index.html
Cora
I went by it one time and the gates were open, so I went in... haha
I have been past the castle three times in past 20 yrs...awesome and quite mysterious and inviting...wish i could go inside. glad to have found some history...asked a local but she didn't know anything about it'
David 09/19/2012
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