It was built by steel baron Frank Buhl in 1896 as a wedding present for his wife, so it's fitting that the elegant stone castle now operating as the Buhl Mansion Guesthouse & Spa was selected as one of the Top 10 Romantic Inns for 2008.

It's just one of the many accolades the Buhl Mansion in Sharon, Mercer County, has earned since Jim and Donna Winner renovated the Romanesque castle and reopened it as a guesthouse in 1997.

The latest honor comes from iloveinns.com, the Web companion of American Historic Inns Inc. The Top 10 were selected out of 19,000 bed-and-breakfasts in the United States based on scenic setting, interior beauty, sense of place, hospitality and overall romantic mystique. It's the first time a B&B in Western Pennsylvania has earned this award since the organization began selecting top romantic inns in 1994.

Among previous awards, in 2006 Buhl was included in the Top 10 Most Memorable Bedrooms by Inns Magazine.

The castle offers 10 guestrooms, each with a fireplace and jacuzzi. The spa provides more than 100 treatments. The romance spa package is its most popular, with side-by-side couples massages, facials, manicures lunch, and bottle of champagne.

		For more information: Buhl Mansion Guesthouse & Spa, 422 E. State St., Sharon, 1-866-345-BUHL (2845), www.BuhlMansion.com.

Other inns included in the Top 10 list include:

• Pearson's Pond Luxury Inn & Adventure Spa, Juneau, Alaska.

• Songbird Prairie Bed & Breakfast, Valparaiso, Ind.

• Garth Woodside Mansion, Hannibal, Mo.

• Ho'oilo House, Lahaina, Hawaii.

• Run of the River, Leavenworth, Wash.

• Red Horse Inn, Lundrum, S.C.

• Lake Pointe Inn Bed & Breakfast, McHenry, Md.

• The Reluctant Panther Inn and Restaurant, Manchester, Vt.

• Hydrangea House Inn, Newport, R.I.

Mr. Winner, who made a fortune from his invention of the anti-theft device the Club, also with his wife renovated an 1854 Federal-style farmhouse into Tara -- A Country Inn. It opened in 1986 and is six miles away from the Buhl Mansion in Clark.