Phoenix, AZ - Mystery Castle. Boyce Luther Gulley built a five- story castle out of junk from 1. Mary Lou. She moved in after he died, and conducted tours until her death on November 3, 2. Mystery Castle Historical Foundation continues. Results 1 to 5 of 1. Some tips may not be verified. Submit your own tip. Mystery Castle. This attraction has become a business and the admission charge has doubled. What once may have been interesting has now become a tourist rip- off.
Mystery Castle is located in the city of Phoenix, Arizona. After learning he had tuberculosis, Gulley moved from Seattle to the Phoenix area and began building the house from found or inexpensive materials. Mystery Castle was highly recommended as a not-so-well-known family-friendly option. Mary Lou Gulley's house is large and eclectic with random objects being used in the architecture; anywhere from recycled bottles. Information about Mystery Castle, an official Phoenix Point of Pride. A young girl rules over the strange secrets of a fairy-tale dream house built on the Arizona desert.'. But the biggest mystery of all was the trap-door. Children's adventure starring Ray Meagher and Simone Buchanan. Dark doings Down Under in a lively children's adventure tailored by experienced director Peter Maxwell much after the adventures of Enid Blyton's Famous Five. Mystery at Castle House (1982) Simone Buchanan, Jeremy Shadlow, Scott Nicholas. Simone Buchanan, Jeremy Shadlow, Scott Nicholas. Category Entertainment. I was less than pleased with this tour. It sounds like a foundation is going to continue to make the Castle available for tours. I'm just glad that my family was lucky enough back in the day, to have Mary Lou as our guide as we visited her home/castle. Phoenix was a mecca for people with TB (the area now known as Sunnyslope in north Phoenix had its beginnings as a hospital camp for TB patients and their families). He built the house and spent many years adding on - - my guess is he was like me and liked to stay busy and express himself. I think this is what brought him back to health. He was an artist and his house became one huge work of art. He built it with his daughter in mind as well and this is evident in many of the choices he made in construction. He actually recovered from TB after several years, but didn't return home to his family. Ironically he died of cancer shortly after recovering from TB. Much of the things you see used in construction came from a dump that was nearby. He was very creative with materials and really ahead of his time in some cases; there are some windows made out of square glass dishes and it strongly resembles glass block like we see today in many homes. There is also a cemetery, wishing well,and chapel in the house. I loved the tour and loved the man's daughter who still lives in the house. If you go, don't go to see a castle or a house - - go to see a work of art that functions as a home, and go to hear this family story. The granddaughter is one of the tour guides and she is very interesting. The whole house is a marvel and could not be built today because of building codes. The most interesting fact is that it is built on top of a gold mine. The man who built it got the land for mining; stipulations then were that the land had to be improved - - thus the house and the mine had to be mined enough to assay it each year. The house has been inventoried and photos made of all the contents. The guide told us it was a museum with all the old Native American artifacts in the house. The owner's father left home when she was 1 year old and was gone for 1. She does still give tours and has a very sharp tongue should you ask a dumb question. She does, however encourage questions. Extremely interesting story and the best part is that she lives there year round despite the snakes, etc. She has built herself a place above the toured spot, where she does have air conditioning, but no plumbing!
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