# Do any pictures or drawings exist of Holmes's Castle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 15, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-pictures-or-drawings-exist-of-holmess-castle/161489 "2003-03-15T01:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flying\_Monk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@Flying\_Monk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flying_Monk)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-pictures-or-drawings-exist-of-holmess-castle/161489/1 "2003-03-15T01:48:00Z")
I’m looking for pictures or drawings of Holmes’s Castle, the infamous murder house, and can’t find any. Do any exist? What about blueprints, or floorplans, or something? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-pictures-or-drawings-exist-of-holmess-castle/161489/2 "2003-03-15T01:51:30Z")
There’s a grainy photograph at the bottom of [this page.](http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/holmes/castle_2.html?sect=3) ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-pictures-or-drawings-exist-of-holmess-castle/161489/3 "2003-03-15T01:54:13Z")
Sorry they are a bit small, but have you seen these? [https://www.prairieghosts.com/holmes2.html](https://www.prairieghosts.com/holmes2.html) [http://www.prairieghosts.com/holmes3.html](http://www.prairieghosts.com/holmes3.html) scarey stuff- but the images could be a bit bigger imho ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-pictures-or-drawings-exist-of-holmess-castle/161489/4 "2003-03-15T01:54:29Z")
I found one small picture [here](http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/holmes/castle_2.html?sect=3). It’s kinda fuzzy, but it’s from the Chicago Historical Society. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-pictures-or-drawings-exist-of-holmess-castle/161489/5 "2003-03-15T01:57:36Z")
[Here](http://www.themediadrome.com/content/articles/history_articles/holmes.htm) is another pretty good one, along with a floor plan drawing. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-pictures-or-drawings-exist-of-holmess-castle/161489/6 "2003-03-15T02:05:01Z")
For those who don’t know the story, Cecil’s column covers it. There isn’t a picture there, but that’s probably for the best. I don’t think I want to know what Slug would do with it. [Did Dr. Henry Holmes kill 200 people at a bizarre “castle” in 1890s Chicago?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_455.html) ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-pictures-or-drawings-exist-of-holmess-castle/161489/7 "2003-03-15T02:43:38Z")
Oh, yeah! I have a [CoCC thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=169753) all to my lonesome! Thanks, **bibliophage**! 🙂