The Castle, Monroe’s famous stone mansion, listed at $1.25M

One of Fairfield County”™s most unusual luxury homes, the Monroe stone mansion known as The Castle, is now on the market at $1.25 million.

Built in 1936 to resemble a medieval castle, it was originally the residence of Robert Musica, who lived under the alias Robert Dietrich and collaborated with two of his brothers in the notorious 1938 financial swindle involving the pharmaceutical company McKesson & Robbins.

The home was bought in the early 1940s by industrialist David Trompeter and his wife, opera singer Lisa Roma, and in 1962, it was acquired by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth as a convent and administrative building.
The nuns left the property in 2006 and the property was unoccupied until 2013 when developer John Kimball acquired it.

The 7,817-square-foot house at 1428 Monroe Turnpike has six bedrooms, 4½ bathrooms, six fireplaces, radiant floor heating and 10-foot and 11-foot ceilings; the interior”™s walls are also made of stone.

The 7.2-acre site has a four-car garage and an in-ground swimming pool. The mansion was built by Freemasons, and Masonic symbols were incorporated through the structure.