Givins Beverly Castle

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Castle in 2007
Givins Beverly Castle
General information
Address10244 South Longwood Drive
Beverly, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates 41°42′25″N87°40′17″W / 41.706812°N 87.671336°W / 41.706812; -87.671336
Year(s) built1886-87
Groundbreaking1886
Owner

The Givins Beverly Castle (also known as the The Irish Castle or The Castle) is a 19th-century building located at the corner of West 103rd Street and Longwood Avenue on the far Southwest Side of Chicago, Illinois.

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History

The castle was built in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago from 1886 to 1887 under the direction of Robert C. Givins. He was a successful real estate developer. [1] [2] It is a three-story structure with three crenelated towers. [3] Givins lived in the castle from 1887 to 1894. From 1895 to 1897, the castle housed the Chicago Female College. Beverly Unitarian Church purchased the building for US$14,000 and has used it since 1942. It is the only building in the city described as a "castle." [4]

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(1890)

It has been claimed to be haunted. [5] [2] [6] [7] [8]

Owners

The castle has had five owners: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Haunted Chicago: Famous Phantoms, Sinister Sites, and Lingering Legends, pp 167
  2. 1 2 3 "The History of 'Chicago's Only Castle'". WTTW News.
  3. ↑ AIA Guide to Chicago, p378
  4. ↑ "You Won't Find Casper, but City's Only Castle a Haunting Experience - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  5. ↑ Haunted Places: The National Directory : Ghostly Abodes, Sacred Sites, UFO Landings, and Other Supernatural Locations, p155
  6. ↑ Haunted Chicago: Famous Phantoms, Sinister Sites, and Lingering Legends, p 168
  7. ↑ Haunted Houses U.S.A., p117
  8. ↑ More Chicago Haunts: Scenes from Myth and Memory, p35


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