Fun Facts About the Penniman Castle in Battle Creek

The photos of this Battle Creek castle are breathtaking.  Take a peek inside.

This house has more than just good bones, it has 1-foot thick walls.  This piece of Southwest Michigan eye candy was built in 1906 for Dentist John Penniman.  Wikipedia lists a familiar last name as the builder,  Ruel Seeley.

Surprisingly, this beautiful piece of well-built history was sold for only $160,000 in June of 2022.  This historic castle was sold again in October of 2023 for only $169,900.  The 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom Calhoun County home was put on the National Register of Historic Places back in 2001 according to Lost in Michigan,

The house with its octagon towers took almost 6 years to build. The interior is trimmed with ornately carved quarter-sawn oak including the garderobe ( a fancy term for a privy or latrine in a castle ). The castle has seventeen rooms, four of which are bedrooms.

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Outside of the very cool stone castle look, one of my favorite things about the castle is the small well out front.

One of the more dated characteristics of this castle has to be the wallpaper.  I'm assuming the new owners did something about the wallpaper.

Enjoy these photos of this incredibly affordable Southwest Michigan castle.

The Penniman Castle originally had an amazing third floor that was lost in a fire back in 1941.  You can click here and see what the castle looked like before the fire, as it was captured in a postcard.

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