Voorhies Castle

Nels Larson, a Swedish immigrant who at one point controlled all the land in Voorhies, commissioned the house for himself in 1900; construction was completed in 1904.

While the turrets were originally a story taller than the house to provide views of the surrounding area, Larson later had them lowered for aesthetic reasons.

The main entrance to the house, located between the turrets, features a portico with Doric columns and a balustrade along the second-story porch roof.

In addition to the turrets, the roof includes both gabled and hipped sections and dormers, which is typical of Queen Anne works.

The clock tower stood 68 feet (21 m) tall and included a Seth Thomas clockworks, which the company considered "the finest they could make".

The house as it appeared as Design No. 22 on p.23 in Radford Architectural Company's architectural pattern book of 1903 entitled The Radford Ideal Homes - 100 House Plans 100 , [ 3 ] the only difference being the shortened towers. The architect's signature can be found in the lower right-hand corner.