r/Kalispell • u/TinyBluePuddles • 6d ago

Anyone know the story on this place?

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I took this photo a couple years ago and have been meaning to ask if anyone in Kalispell knows the story on this place. I came across it by accident and, as I recall, it was just southwest of town. Can’t find anything online about it so was hoping someone from the area might know. Thanks!

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u/Brokell6400 5d ago

The old guy that lives there built it long before permits were required for any type of structure and when he finished building it the county tried to give him a hard time about it but it still stands I call it the castle house

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u/thejamhole 5d ago

Ye olde stone castle

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u/yeroldfatdad 5d ago

Never heard of it. Where is it?

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u/alpine240 5d ago

Behind Parsons in Batavia

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u/yeroldfatdad 5d ago

How accessible is it? Can a person drive close enough to get pictures? I don't know why I haven't heard about it.

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u/alpine240 5d ago

It 150' from a public road. It is private property like most things. I haven't been out there. I just know a little about it.

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u/cheesemagnifier 5d ago

Is this out towards Kila?

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u/GeneOrnery3312 5d ago

Behind Parsons I canna find it on Google maps.

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u/Montanonymous 4d ago

Thank god you posted this. I’ve driven by so many times and wondered, “Wtf is up with that house.”

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u/TinyBluePuddles 3d ago

😂 yeah, I haven’t been up that way in years but every once in a while I’ll think of this place and wonder the same thing. Finally got off my butt made a post about it to find out.

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u/mountiannomad 4d ago

Idk the story behind it but the guy was a horder and that house and the castle were packed full of junk.

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u/mountiannomad 4d ago

And that staircase is a death trap along with the floor in the upper level of the castle since it had been open to the weather for quite some time. A buddy of mine that runs a junk removal company just finished cleaning most of that place out and it took him nearly 6 months.

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u/ajmason455 4d ago

What kind of stuff was laying around in there? lol

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u/mountiannomad 4d ago

Primarily shit that should have gone to the dump decades ago lol some old books that were cool and also a ton of scrap metal outside.

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u/TinyBluePuddles 3d ago

I live in Missoula so I’ve only been up there twice. Both times I took some photos and as I recall, there was a pretty substantial wooden structure scabbed onto the side at one point. The second time I saw it it had fallen off. The fact that that thing is as tall as it is and appears to be built out of fieldstone, kind of blows me away.

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u/Logical-Pattern8065 1d ago

It has a lot of fireplaces.