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Atalaya Castle (US)
Historic house in South Carolina, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about Atalaya Castle in the United States. For Castillo de la Atalaya in Spain, see Atalaya Castle (Spain).
Atalaya Castle, often known simply as Atalaya, was the winter home of industrialist and philanthropist Archer M. Huntington and his wife, the sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington, located in Huntington Beach State Park near the Atlantic coast in Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina.
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Atalaya | |
![]() Ocean side view of the 'Atalaya Castle' facade. | |
Nearest city | Murrells Inlet, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 33°30′50″N 79°5′7″W |
Built | 1931 |
Architect | Archer Milton Huntington; William Thompson |
Part of | Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens (ID84002045) |
NRHP reference No. | 84002045[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 7, 1984 |
Designated NHLDCP | October 5, 1992 |
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Archer Huntington was a noted scholar of Spanish culture and art, and designed the residence in the Moorish Revival and Mediterranean Revival architecture styles from Spanish Andalusian coast models.