Sept. 1968 – The Castle to Be Torn down for Apartments?

Did you know that at one point the iconic Castle restaurant in Lorain was almost lost to an apartment complex?

That was the plan, as described in the article above, which ran in the Lorain Journal back on September 12, 1968.

The plan was proposed by the owner of the restaurant at that time. The idea was to provide senior citizen housing, with a beauty salon and an old fashioned general store on the first floor. The penthouse would feature a restaurant with an international theme.

As we all know, the project did not happen. (An earlier luxury high-rise apartment complex planned further west near the hospital didn’t happen either.)

Despite the fact that the Castle itself would have been lost, you have to admit that it was a pretty bold and thoughtful idea.