Loveland, Ohio - Chateau Laroche, Loveland Castle
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- Address:
- 12025 Shore Rd, Loveland, OH
- Directions:
- Medieval-Style Castle Built By One Man. I-71 exit 19. 2.5 miles along Fields Ertel Rd. At road's end, right onto Rich Rd, then a quick left onto Mulberry St. When Mulberry veers to the right, continue straight onto Shore Rd -- a narrow, twisting lane down the hill. The Castle is at the bottom of the hill.
- Hours:
- Daily 11-5, Apr-Sep; weekends Oct-Mar. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 513-683-4686
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Harry Andrews was a bachelor and recluse who spent over 50 years building a medieval-style castle in Ohio for his "boy knights." Roadsideamerica.com Report...
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Loveland, Ohio - Chateau La Roche (Loveland Castle) We learned more about Harry Andrews, the builder of the castle, from an April 2001 article and from the caretaker when we visited in June 2002. In World War I, Harry was a medic in the army because he was against violence. Harry saved the life of a French earl's son on the front lines. The earl knighted him. According to the article, "Shortly after returning to the States, Andrews moved to Cincinnati and formed the Knights of the Golden Trail, a group he said would be dedicated to 'helping save Civilization.'"
The castle caretaker is one of the Knights of the Golden Trail. He constantly talked about his boyhood with Harry as his role model. Several times during our visit we heard him quote Harry, saying, "Every knight needs a castle."
One of the most amazing things we heard about Harry was that he carried nearly 50,000 buckets full of stone up the bank of the river and from a nearby gorge. He lived in the castle and worked on it until he died in 1981.
In October, the Knights dress the castle up as a haunted house. We visited in early summer, and the gardens were blooming with a variety of ornamental flowers as well as practical herbs. [Katherine Fehl, 06/16/2002]
From this came the Knights of the Golden Trail whose purpose was to uphold the Ten Commandments along with the traditional principles of knighthood. Of course, the Knights would need a castle, and so the Chateau La Roche was born on June 5, 1929. The name was in honor of the castle where Mr. Andrews was stationed during World War I, the "Chateau de La Roche" (located in southwest France). [Surly Grrl, 12/24/2000]
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