Bob Vila tours Copenhaver Castle 1987
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- Bob Vila tours Copenhaver Castle on Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona with the owner at the time, Dr. Copenhaver, who also built it. It was designed in the style of a Moorish fortress of medieval Spain. From "This Old House" Season 8 Episode 24 "The Phoenix House Part 4". Originally aired Thu Mar 26, 1987.
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Can’t believe this doesn’t have more views whether you like the guy or not or think he’s a nut, I think this place should be a historical landmark just for its authenticity some old houses less grand get accepted and maintained
Never sit on a Man’s throne without asking! Come on Bob you should know better
We are remodeling castle now.
This video definitely deserves more attention!! driving by this masterpiece today you would have no idea that at one point it was a fully functioning home with food in the fridge, a car in the driveway, electricity and running water. Today it just looks like an outer shell, you wouldn’t have even thought the inside was completely finished at one point.
He must have been one heck of a dentist. I wanted to see the helicopter
One year later he lost it when he went bankrupt along with the next owner
Just before this video I watched one on the same home that gave the impression that it had never been completed, let alone lived in.
Enjoyed this very much. Well done. Thank you.
I bet the parties were legendary.
They were beyond legendary. 😊 What this video doesn't mention are the "secret" tunnels that Dr. Copenhaver built from his castle into Camelback Mountain. There were several of them and two of them opened up into large rooms that he had excavated from inside the mountain. I don't know if the current owner knows about those tunnels, they might have been sealed off after all these years.
Wow! Just beautiful, really amazing all the antiques and the views, lucky guy
He traded labor for fixing people's teeth, lots of local construction workers did small jobs over many years.
He built it by himself?? I don’t even understand
Yea Bob Villa lost all his credibility with that comment. This was pathetic
No fucking way yhat guy built that house by himself.
BURIAL VASES
This guys a hoot
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excellent dear keep them coming.
Owner: The concrete ceiling doubles as a bomb shelter.
Bob: It doubles as a bomb shelter?
Owner: Yes.
Bob: Oh. Ok.
(Bob's suspicion that he's a nut is confirmed)
7:43 - at least time stamp it dude.
Built it by himself? Damn, Bob Villa lost all his credibility with that statement. That dentist couldn't mix a wheelbarrow full of concrete by himself.
Stone by stone with a wheelbarrow....I call bs
Wow
Can you imagine the air conditioning bill for that place in the summer? 🥵
Dude literally admitted on camera to digging up and removing pre-Columbian artifacts from South America.
In 1987, even then, this place looked ridiculously 70’s and dated. Like the Playboy mansion, less the ladies, and plus a Howard Johnson’s.
Dude, it’s a friggin castle
I'd still give my left arm to live there. (And I'm left handed)
What a clueless comment. This got nothing to do with the 70s or even the 80s. This is an authentic timeless look. Looks amazing.
This is an example of somebody who has too much money and does not have the common sense with what do with it.
Chips a away thought it was chips ahoy
He removed a rock from the Grand Canyon?
This is why the dude went bankrupt. He admitted to two felonies during the interview. Removing rocks from the Grand canyon and grave robbing. Never admit to committing felonies on camera.
@@catfan5756 that’s right. Including taking the doors of a church cause he could
Blows my mind why people would wana live on the mountain there and not just build nicer houses in phx. And all the houses are quite close together, there’s one right below him. And then do all that beautiful work just to go bankrupt, big smh 🤦🏻♀️
Blows my mind that there’s rich weirdos building up in the mountain instead of buying old land in phx or tearing down the ghetto houses and building there. I feel like downtown Phoenix couldve been wayyy nicer, but the rich branched out to Scottsdale and up the mountains I guess. I just don’t understand the want to live on a mountain, they enjoy the drive I guess lol. He had way to many things he didn’t need, like the crystal glasses and two beds in the master? Don’t have to wonder why he went bankrupt 😂😂 hate people like that
I like the outside, But the inside is ugly, NOT my tast at all.....Too dark and ugly furniture
Something fishy about this place don’t add up.