Atalaya Castle (US)

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.

This article is about Atalaya Castle in the United States. For Castillo de la Atalaya in Spain, see Atalaya Castle (Spain).

Atalaya
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Contributing Property
Ocean side view of the 'Atalaya Castle' facade.
Nearest cityMurrells Inlet, South Carolina
Coordinates33°30′50″N 79°5′7″W
Built1931
ArchitectArcher Milton Huntington; William Thompson
Part ofAtalaya and Brookgreen Gardens (ID84002045)
NRHP reference No.84002045
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 1984
Designated NHLDCPOctober 5, 1992

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.

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