Having gained complete ownership of the leading steel scraper manufacturing company in the United States in 1877, Goode began to build his mansion on Sidney's northern side in the late 1880s.

[2] The resulting mansion, designed by an unknown architect, features massive stone walls that are topped with a slate roof.

[3] By the mid-1970s, the mansion had ceased to be a house; it had been purchased by The Way International and converted into a historic archive and art museum.

[2] Today, the property is owned by GreatStone Castle Resorts, which operates it as a bed and breakfast.

[1] It was seen as historically significant primarily as a leading example of the architecture of the rich in late nineteenth-century America.