The Post Castle was originally known as the Martin Castle because it was originally owned by Rex Martin. In fact Rex Martin owned, designed, and engineered the castle. Rex Martin was a wealthy developer who fell in love with castles in Europe along with his wife, so he designed and engineered turrets, walls, and castle for his lover. Not to bad for a psychology major. Martin then bought 50 acres on the corner of Versailles road and Pisgah Pike in Woodford county, Kentucky to build their dream. In 1969 as the the Castle was being built, the Martin family went through some hard times, and as a result, a divorce was put in the way of finishing the castle. The castle was nearly finished, but it sat unchanged for over twenty years. Rex Martin's son would not continue to own the castle, so in Rex Martin's dying years the castle was sold to Tom Post. The seven bedroom, three dining room castle was no longer part of the Martin family after owning it for over thirty years. How could anyone afford to spend this much money? 

Tom Post, a UK grad, quickly went into revamping the castle and made new plans for the, newly named, Post Castle. As renovations went into affect, the castle mysteriously caught fire one night in May of 2004. This fire set back the renovations years. Now the castle is back on track to being finally finished after 40 years. The Post Castles is now planned to be a bed and breakfast and oversized event hall. The opening was scheduled for fall 2008, but it is now to pushed to a further. I wonder if this will ever be successful enough to actually make money?, or will it ever be finished? Do you think the castle will make the community better or worse as a bed and breakfast? Could it possibly make the castle more of something kind of neat, than a place of awe and amazement? The mystery of the castle creates something unique; I hope the new renovations will keep it that way.