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Edward Searles was born in Methuen in 1841. He became an interior decorator to billionaires. In 1887, he married his client, the widow Mary Frances Hopkins, who was 22 years older than he was. She also owned 25% of the Pacific Union railroad, one of the most valuable companies in the world at the time. From 1885 to 1887, he built them a castle in his native Methuen. She died in 1891, leaving much of her wealth to him. For the next 29 years, he pursued his love of architecture, building the Methuen Memorial Music Hall and other structures. When he died in 1920, newspapers gave his death extensive coverage. The article below is from the Boston Sunday Post. A higher resolution pdf is available at the bottom if you want to read it. Just zoom in.  
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