The Mansion on Skid Row
"Woman Builds French-Style Mansion on Skid Row," by Julia Flynn Siler. January 10, 2011.

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Before the construction began in 2006, Gertrude Zachary spent ten years searching for the right pieces all over Europe to build her magnificent $1.3 million castle. The house is made up of collected religious art, stained glass windows, and antique arched doors. A few believed that the construction would turn out to be a house or a scientology building, but when the construction ended in 2008, this is what it came to be.