Scotty's Castle isn't really a castle and it didn't belong to Scotty. Chicago insurance man Albert Johnson built the place as vacation home. Walter Scott was a Death Valley cowboy turned con man who got along pretty well with Johnson. Joanie and I figured it'd be a good place to spend a snowy day.
The clock tower sits apart from the rest of the place. Johnson may have had unfulfilled plans to connect it with the other structures - he lost his fortune in the Depression and the place was never finished.
Both the exterior and the interior show a strong Spanish influence.
Details on the gate show good craftsmanship. The J/S stands for Johnson and Scott, all the more amusing since Scott had no money to put into the place.
The interior is a museum, maintained for the most part as it when the Johnson's occupied it.
Upstairs there's a music room with awesome sound. On the right there's a machine that plays rolls of music. The lattice on the right conceal the sound machinery, an organ with more than 1000 pipes. I think it's the 1920's equivalent of an awesome entertainment center.
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