The Pirate Tower
The "pirate tower" was built in 1926 by William E. Brown, located on Victoria Beach, in Laguna Beach, CA.
"In the early 1940s, Brown sold his home to a retired naval captain, Harold Kendrick. Kendrick was a lifelong pirate aficionado and found himself attracted to the home because of the odd, slightly askew tower. Records call Kendrick as “eclectic and fascinating as the buildings themselves” and go on to describe how he would dress in pirate regalia and invite local kids over for games and stories of the sea. Winners of Kenrick’s puzzles and scavenger hunts received “cold cash”—the chance to grab a handful of money from a change bowl kept inside the refrigerator. The tower itself often made an appearance in Kendrick’s tales and children longing to buy candy knew to search its many cracks and crevices for slyly hidden coins. According to the Laguna Beach historic register, “finders were keepers.”
Source: http://www.visitlagunabeach.com/blog/post/2015/13/Laguna-s-Hidden-History-The-Victoria-Beach-Pirate-Tower/67/
