(10.26) This building never fails to impress: it’s a real standout on a street loaded with enormous, insanely ornamented, Victorian piles. Over the years, the proprietors of Barnaby Castle have been funding its restoration with income from the first floor event space and by holding these annual Halloween parties. General admission tickets for Saturday are $100. (Facebook event.)
Come to celebrate as we raise funds to support the restoration of the public spaces at Barnaby Castle. This year’s focus is on the epic four story tower. Don’t miss out on the best party of the year!
Gen Admin $100 includes; Doors at 8p, first-floor access. Open bars, bottomless prosecco, tasty local foods from: Troop, El Rancho Grande, Great Northern BBQ, Pizza J, Xaco Taco, Whole Foods, Sin, Olneyville System all while you dance the night away.
VIP tickets afford party-goers an early 7pm start (before the arrival of the great unwashed) and include access to all three floors and the top of the turret, and various other goodies.
Learn more about the great house at this 2017 piece in Rhode Island Monthly.
Visitors can also learn about the home’s legendary past. The former owner’s wife was murdered out in Colorado with a bottle of poisoned whiskey that was sent to her as a gift. “It was the first murder in United States history to use the postal service,” Frolich says.
Mythological creatures and animals can be spotted in the flourishes of the home; the past owner had a penchant for lions, cherubs and the letter B. “You will see faces everywhere, and as you look more and more at the detailed work, they pop out,” Frolich says . . .
(Sooooo . . . easy on the shrooms.) The Castle was also on the Doors Open RI tour that year.
Barnaby Castle, constructed in 1875, has always been known as a uniquely flamboyant structure, replete with a copper-clad circular conservatory, grand 4-story tower, and carriage house. In the 19th century, the prominent Barnaby’s, Jerothmul and Josephine, called the fanciful Modern Victorian “castle” a home.
Both ticket levels include entry into the epic costume contest and complimentary valet parking from United Parking Valet.
GA $100, 8pm to midnight, Saturday, October 26, Barnaby Castle, 299 Broadway, (directions)
