![]() ![]() 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. I loved the tour and loved the man's daughter who still lives in the house. There is also a cemetery, wishing well,and chapel in the house. 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. Much of the things you see used in construction came from a dump that was nearby. Ironically he died of cancer shortly after recovering from TB. ![]() He actually recovered from TB after several years, but didn't return home to his family. ![]() He built it with his daughter in mind as well and this is evident in many of the choices he made in construction. He was an artist and his house became one huge work of art. I think this is what brought him back to health. Boyce Luther Gulley came to Arizona from Seattle in 1929. 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. The Mystery Castle, at South Mountain Park was built by Boyce Luther Gulley using recycled materials in Phoenix, seen on Nov. 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). The man that built it had a wife and daughter in Seattle, came down with tuberculosis, and made the decision to come to Arizona, partly because that's what people with TB did back in those days. I have been to the house three times and listened to what the tour guides had to say, so here is the basic story behind the house: ![]()
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