Join Newcomers on a tour of
Sunday, May 19th at 11:30
Follow the signs down a quiet road in the tiny hamlet of Ona and you’ll come upon a most improbable sight: a gleaming three-story silver castle complete with turrets, a bell tower, stained-glass windows, wrought iron portcullis and two knights in armor flanking the entrance. You might feel as though you’d stepped through a portal into another world, and that’s because, essentially, you have. Solomon's Castle is one man’s unique creative vision turned into reality.
In the early 1970s, artist Howard Solomon, bought dozens of acres outside Ona and because he had a great sense of humor and quite the creative mind, he built his workshop and art studio and, eventually, a residence for himself and several generations of his family, to look like a castle, made from repurposed aluminum printing sheets. Solomon lived there until his death in 2016. More than 300 pieces of his whimsical artwork, made mostly out of found objects and reclaimed materials, are on display throughout the castle, and his sense of humor is evident in the script that the tour guides still use to this day, which Solomon originally wrote with all his signature puns, jokes, and witticisms.
“The goal was never to have a tourist attraction,” according to his daughter, Alane, yet is has become one of Florida’s most unique.
Lunch* at the Boat-in-the-Moat Restaurant at 11:30
Tours immediately following
The cost for both the Castle/Home Tour and the Encore Gallery Tour is
$39 per person
Make checks payable to PGICA NEWCOMERS
& text or call Mary at 773-315-9244 regarding making payment
Solomon's Castle is about an hour drive from PGI.
If you wish to carpool, meet at PGICA at 10:15 for departure by 10:30.
*select from the Daily Menu, at your cost
