The 20.1-acre (8.1 ha) subdivided portion on which the 2+1⁄2-story medieval-style castle stands is privately owned and no longer part of the Charlotte Kimball trust.

[2] The castle was built by Italian stonemasons using local granite and materials imported from Europe; its construction cost was about $50,000.

Over the next several years, the funds left to carry out the wishes of Charlotte Kimball went missing, and the Mary Mitchell Humane Foundation attempted to sell the entire estate.

A group of concerned citizens, led by Sandra McGonagle, petitioned the New Hampshire Attorney General's office of Charitable Trusts, and an investigation into the missing funds ensued.

As settlement of the lawsuit, the Attorney General and the Belknap County Superior Court ordered that the town take over as trustees of Charlotte's estate and carry out the tenets of her will.