Atalaya Castle
Located inside Huntington Beach State Park is the picturesque, Moorish-style winter home of Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington, philanthropist, and sculptor, respectively. The castle was modeled after the Atalaya Castle in Spain. The winter home and gardens and land were all left to the park as their legacy. It was quite impressive and volunteers were there restoring the castle and working on the hundreds of windows during our visit.
In case you want more history of this amazing philanthropic couple and their extravagant winter home, here’s a link
The Huntingtons and Atalaya Castle
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- Since Archer was 6′ 5″ he had 7 showerheads in his large shower.
- The studio where Archer designed the plans for the Brookgreen Gardens, wrote poetry, answered correspondence, and coordinated the workings of the many museums and institutions he had established.
- Anna’s indoor sculpting studio.
