The Castle in Loveland, Ohio also known as Chateau Laroche is a story about passion of life. One man named Harry Andrews spent over 50 years working alone on his project. With his own hands, with almost no help from others, he built a castle. His inspiration was chateau in France converted into a military hospital during WWI where Andrews stationed as a paramedic.
It is told that an English officer whose life he saved knighted Andrews during WWI. Sir Andrews never married, he spent his life working with scouts. He called his troop the Knights of the Golden Trail. KOGT in short survived as the organization after Andrews’ death. Anyone can join it. The only vows are the Ten Commandments.
To build his castle Andrews needed a land. It happened that local newspaper had a promotion. Everyone who paid a one-year subscription in full received a plot of land on the banks on the Little Miami River in Loveland. Some parents of Andrew’s scouts took advantage this offer and donated the plots to him.
