GREAT BARRINGTON — The artist Hunt Slonem has purchased the Searles Castle, and says he will do what he always does with historic estates. “I’m a glamourizer,” said Slonem, who works in a studio in ...

A power plant was located in a nearby house for the castle's electrical needs. The house cost $2.5 million to build and even more to decorate. The Searles, who married in a quiet ceremony in 1887, ...

THE SEARLES CASTLE IN GREAT BARRINGTON HAS BEEN CALLED THE LARGEST PRIVATE HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS IS A PRETTY BIG HOUSE. IT’S REPUTED TO BE 68,000. I’VE NEVER MEASURED IT A FORMER ...

WINDHAM — When Sister Josette Parisi walked into Searles Castle for the first time, there were no Napoleonic fireplaces or European artifacts. The space, now occupied by 12-foot-tall ...

WINDHAM — Sister Josette Parisi first thought of selling bricks to help restore Searles Castle 20 years ago. But the commemorative brick idea was deemed impractical and she let it go.

Learn more. GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) – The Searles Castle has towered over this Berkshire town for 120 years, its seven turrets and blue dolomite exterior creating a fortress at the end of ...