Quigley's Castle

 museum, house, garden, sculpture, atrium, conservatory (greenhouse/garden), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, vernacular (architecture)

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Historic house and gardens listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1943
Architectural style: Vernacular
Areas of significance: Architecture
Notable past owners: Elise Fioravanti Quigley
Area: 1.5 acres
Significant outbuildings: greenhouse
Date added to NRHP: 5/30/2003
Notes: Quigley's Castle is a whimsical vernacular house faced on all four sides with rocks, fossils, arrowheads and petrified wood, all collected from the Arkansas countryside by Elise Quigley. The interior of the house functions as a large atrium, and contains an extensive collection of tropical plants. The grounds immediately surrounding the house contain hundreds of species of perennial flowers, as well as about 100 rock sculptures, all created by Quigley. The house and grounds are open to the public.