About Layton Castle

Anna, my precious sister-in-law, is our photographer extraordinaire - many of the photos on this website have been done by her - and she comes from Germany once a year just to help for a week or two.

Whether its advice on events or pitching in because she cares, Ashley continues her care for our mother, Carol Parsons, through her support to our family and Layton Castle.

From grounds care to storm rescuer to maintenance and planning, Brad is an invaluable font of experience and support.

Brian Davis, Executive Director of the Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation, is a huge resource for us, often on a weekly basis, as we call asking all kinds of historic preservation questions.

We are fortunate to have a dear family member who is a preservation architectural consultant, past professor at Tulane University, and past World Monuments Fund VP.

Archaelogist Dr. George Avery has been invaluable in researching and putting together the 1780s winehouse/pidgeonnaire/silk worm building now turned historic bottle museum.

ULM Professor of History, 2020 Fulbright Scholar. Jeff is helping Layton Castle get its historic documents digitized and organized, by providing graduate interns like Kristin Camielle Batten, Anna Bounds, Hayden DeRouen and most recently Lauragrace Radin.

LSUAg Horticulturalist for Ouachita has already helped to rescue a very large old fig tree.

Local historian at Ouachita Public Library - who I call when I need help with local history! Also excellent ghost story teller.

A delightful cousin on the Stubbs side, Margie provides support and encouragement, ideas, transcribes historic documents and much more.

Wise wizard Ashton and his Internet/Wifi crew had a time figuring out how to get the place wired for fast internet - enabling us to remove all those unsightly cables that draped the castle. Untangled Solutions

Finally we have a handyman! Barry is truly our handyman extraordinaire - multi-talented - from fixing railings to putting in dryer vents.

Lawn Service - really do a fantastic job with the grounds

Main Onsite Staff: Mtce, Cleaning, Event Support, Flower Arranger - a quiet, kind, hard worker

From lime-washing to painting, sheetrock, carpentry - reliable, quality work. Brown's Painting

Roofer - without Curt we would not have a new roof! Curtis Roofing

Electrical - keeps us powered and lighted!

Property Manager Extraordinaire
The Rental Association

Brick Masonry Repair
DRP Masonry

Schindler Elevator - this guy is awesome! We had several elevator operators work on it before Elijah solved our issue.

& his team at Byrnes Mechanical keep rescuing us and managing our plumbing challenges

Gates Magician with Automated Alarms

Super knowledgeable General Contractor and his great team at ARCO Builders renovating apartments and upgrading systems.