In my last post, I blogged about a humble theatre located in Eureka Springs. After a week at camp, my mom came up to hear our last concert and pick me up. Before we drove back to Norman, we stopped at this place, Quigley's Castle. A Italian woman named Elise Fioravanti moved to the Ozarks in 1919 and married at 18. She collected rocks for years and had dreamed of house like this one. During the Great Depression, since all materials for a new house were not affordable, she used the thousands of rocks she gathered to construct the walls. Her love of the surrounding nature shows in the window paneled walls where atriums of vines and flowers grow through the entire house.
This home was so whimsical, and after an intense week of camp, it was peaceful to walk through this dream house. There were thriving plants in the glass walls, and each lovely stone was hand-picked. Honestly, it was inspiring to see this woman make her dream into reality. Eureka Springs is a familiar place, and I would love to go back some weekend.
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