{"id":25668,"date":"2020-02-12T09:56:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T15:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=25668"},"modified":"2020-02-12T09:56:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T15:56:19","slug":"another-castle-turns-brian-j-s-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/12\/another-castle-turns-brian-j-s-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Castle Turns Brian J.&#8217;s Head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forget <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/27\/my-next-home\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that other castle for sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I want <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/business\/local\/jefferson-county-estate-includes-castle-golf-course-and-acres\/article_3ce6900c-8d7f-5150-9e11-364de18f5eb4.html\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this one<\/a> instead:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A castle tucked away on 2,400 acres, visible to the outside world only from water or air, is on the market for $24.75 million \u2014 more than twice the asking price of any luxury property for sale in the St. Louis area.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s being touted as a once-in-a-lifetime chance to own a private estate that includes a furnished castle with a conference center and an 18-hole golf course, according to the listing by Cushman &#038; Wakefield real estate firm.<\/p>\n<p>Union Pacific has for more than 30 years owned the nine-bedroom, limestone mansion with a gun tower used in the Civil War. The railroad used it as a corporate retreat, but in 2018 decided to close it to cut costs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/kennettscastle.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve read about this property from time to time in history books and whatnot, but I never thought I&#8217;d have the chance to own it.<\/p>\n<p>Which depends upon me winning the lottery.  But, still, like buying a lottery ticket gives you one chance where you had none without it, the property being for sale gives me a chance where I had none when it was not for sale.<\/p>\n<p>Well, no, I guess I&#8217;ve always had the chance of societal breakdown leading me to becoming a regional warlord and using it as my headquarters.  So maybe I have two chances now.<\/p>\n<p>You can view the property listing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selmafarm.cushwakesites.com\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget that other castle for sale. I want this one instead: A castle tucked away on 2,400 acres, visible to the outside world only from water or air, is on the market for $24.75 million \u2014 more than twice the asking price of any luxury property for sale in the St. Louis area. It\u2019s being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25669,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25668\/revisions\/25669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}