Stunning stone and stained glass Colorado castle was built by man determined to prove teacher who said he'd never amount to anything wrong READ MORE: The wacky and wonderful castles of America By Emma Richter For Dailymail.Com Published: 21:59 BST, 4 June 2024 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 4 June 2024 e-mail 2 View comments A man determined to prove his English teacher wrong at the age of 15 went on to build a stunning stone and stained glass castle in Rye, Colorado . In 1959 Jim Bishop decided to drop out of high school after he got into an argument with his teacher who said that he would 'never amount to anything,' according to the castle's website .
In that same year, Jim decided to purchase a two-and-a-half acre piece of land for $450 with money he earned delivering newspapers, mowing lawns and working with his father Willard in his family's ornamental iron works. He convinced his father and mother, Ma Polly, to let him use his savings to buy the property, while they signed off on the land deal. After building a family cabin on the land with his father for 10 summers, Jim soon became inspired to take on a more ambitious task and build a castle from the ground up in 1972.
Jim Bishop took 60 years to build the Bishop Castle in Rye, Colorado after he purchased the two-and-a-half acre piece of land for $450 in 1959. (pictured: The steel dragon that he also built at the top of the castle) Jim (pictured) decided to drop out of high school after he got into an argument with his teacher .
