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The Dwarf Castle
A Man's Home is His Castle
Category Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes
Not many, besides fairy tale Princesses, get to live in a castle and you certainly don't find many castles in this agricultural corridor of northern Georgia. But one truck driver decided to change that.
According to the county, the house was begun in 1950 and was built by Rudy and Ruth McLaughlin. Rudy was a long-haul truck driver who told his wife he would build her a castle - and did! It was heavy work -- mortar and concrete for the roof was lifted in five-gallon buckets.
The home is surrounded by a wrought iron fence and features gnomes -- though some call them dwarfs and hence the name -- guarding the lawn. A swimming pool surrounding the castle doubles as a moat. The two-bedroom house is a little over 1400 square feet and has two garages. The garages are only accessible via a drawbridge.
As this is a private home, it is not open for tours--but it is still quite a curiosity to behold from the road.
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- Address Arnold Mill Road and Cagle Road, Roswell, Georgia, United States
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.088546,-84.361449(Castle)&hl=en&ll=34.08546,-84.361449&spn=0.021402,0.054245
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Anonymous
June 11, 2010
I've seen a bride taking pictures as I drove by. I'm getting married in April of 2011 and i was wondering if i could too take some pictures for some kind of compensation, let me know if you know anything about that. thanks. -
Anonymous
September 24, 2009
I grew up down the street from this landmark. It was mostly used by the locals as a visual landmark for driving directions, but nonetheless very cool. Here is a link to the Google Maps satellite view. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cox+road,+roswell+ga&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.957536,93.076172&ie=UTF8&ll=34.088279,-84.360972&spn=0.001475,0.00284&t=h&z=19&iwloc=A LOVE THE SITE!!! KEEP EM COMIN
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