Château Laroche (Loveland Castle)

Exterior of the Loveland Castle. (CC BY-SA 4.0, 2019-06-29)

Château Laroche (from French: Rock Castle), or the Loveland Castle, is a medievalist castle on the banks of the Little Miami River, north of Loveland, Ohio, designed and self-constructed by Harry Andrews beginning in 1929 as a headquarters for the Knights of the Golden Trail, a Boy Scout troop.

Resources

• Historic Loveland Castle & Museum, lovelandcastle.com, http://www.lovelandcastle.com/  — website of the current proprietors, the Knights of the Golden Trail

Reading

• Michel, Thomas A. (1984), "Harry Andrews and His Castle: A Rhetorical Study", in Ward, Daniel Franklin, Personal Places: Perspectives on Informal Art Environments, Popular Press, p. 111-123 

Photos

Exterior

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  Exterior, archways. (CC BY-SA 4.0, 2019-06-29)

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  Exterior, road. (CC BY-SA 4.0, 2019-06-29)

Interior

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  Entry to the Loveland Castle. (CC BY-SA 4.0, 2019-06-29)

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  Dining hall. (CC BY-SA 4.0, 2019-06-29)

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  Suits of armour on display.. (CC BY-SA 4.0, 2019-06-29)

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  Wooden doorway. (CC BY-SA 4.0, 2019-06-29)

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  Chairs, swords on display. (CC BY-SA 4.0, 2019-06-29)