Thursday, April 7, 2011

Manhattan Castle For Sale, $1.6 Mil.

From the WSJ's Developments blog:
Steve Herbert for The Wall Street Journal
 
House of the Day: Manhattan Castle: Built in 1894 and later renovated and expanded by the current owners, this castle in Manhattan, Kan., mixes historic and modern elements, from original built-in china cabinets to an addition with a custom-made La Cornue range....MORE
That's the second castle we've seen come on the market this week. The first one, in Versailles, is quite a bit more expensive.
From the Zillow blog:

This Versailles castle was never home to King Louis XIV and isn’t on the outskirts of Paris. Instead, this Versailles is a modern stone castle on the Versailles, KY real estate market, a town outside of Lexington, and was built in the 1970s, rather than the 1670s. Originally known as Martin Castle, and also referred to as Castle Post, it is listed for $30 million....MORE