Autumn Colors at Squire’s Castle

Squire’s Castle is one of my favorite places to photograph in the fall. The gray color of the structure is offset by the surrounding colorful foliage. It looks great in both color and in black and white. Here are a few photos I took this morning (click on any image for a larger view).

(Squire’s Castle is in the North Chagrin Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks in Willoughby Hills, Ohio.)

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Squire’s Castle in Black & White

Squire’s Castle is a great place to visit in the fall. The colorful fall foliage perfectly frames the small castle-like structure which sits atop a gently sloping hill. I decided that this year, rather than post the usual castle pictures with fall colors, that I’d go with black and white. As Squire’s Castle is reportedly haunted, I think the black and white photos give off a more ghostly effect.  (Click on any image to open the photo gallery viewer.)

Squire’s Castle is in the Cleveland Metroparks - North Chagrin Reservation in Willoughby Hills, Ohio.

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Fall at Squire’s Castle

I try to get out to Squire’s Castle every fall because the location makes for such nice fall photos, and it's also very close to home. This year the fall colors are a little slow to arrive, and the colors we do have are dull. There was also an obstacle preventing me from getting photos from some of the usual vantage points - there was a furniture photo shoot going on inside the castle. They kept most of the front of the building clear but their golf cart, their people, lighting equipment and generator got in the way at times. They had the fireplace going, something I’d never seen before, and I assume they did it to make the interior look more livable. The castle is really just a stone shell of what was supposed to be a gatehouse to an estate and is completely empty and hardly habitable.

Here are a few photos – with the people and equipment wiped where needed! (click on any image for a larger view)








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Squire’s Castle, Revisited

Almost every fall, I like to visit Squire’s Castle in the North Chagrin Reservation in Willoughby Hills, Ohio. It’s not really a castle; it is the shell of a gatehouse built at the turn of the 20th century for a large country estate planned by Feargus Squire, one of the founders of the Standard Oil Company in the late 1800s. (The estate was never built.)

It’s a great area to visit for fall colors or for a nice walk on the grounds and on the trails if you are so inclined. Here are my latest photos. (Click on any photo for a larger view.)











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Squire’s Castle

One of the most interesting places to visit in the Cleveland Metroparks is Squire's Castle in the North Chagrin Reservation (located in Willoughby Hills, Ohio).

The castle "shell" really wasn't a castle. It was supposed to be a gatehouse for a large country estate to be built by Feargus Squire, one of the founders of the Standard Oil Company in the late 1800s. (The large estate was never built.)

Squire’s Castle is beautiful in the fall when the trees begin to change color. A few years ago, I made a video of some of my pictures and videos taken of the castle over the years and that video is below. Since the weather was warm and sunny today, and the leaves were showing some beautiful color, I took a drive out there for some new photos, which I have included here.


Squire’s Castle Video

Castle Interior

View from Squire's Castle

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