Gillette Castle: Located in East Haddam CT and part of a 184 acre state park. The castle was built by William Gillette an actor, playwright and director. It took 20 men 5 years...

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

Located in East Haddam CT and part of a 184 acre state park. The castle was built by William Gillette an actor, playwright and director. It took 20 men 5 years (1914-1919) to complete. All interior woodwork is made from hand
hewn white oak. It has 47 oak doors, no two alike.

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Wow.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Unusual building, for sure!

williejoha

Ugly as hell. Who in their right mind would want to live in a stone pile like that. Well, to each his/her own. JMO
WJH

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

mr spock wrote:

Located in East Haddam CT and part of a 184 acre state park. The castle was built by William Gillette an actor, playwright and director. It took 20 men 5 years (1914-1919) to complete. All interior woodwork is made from hand
hewn white oak. It has 47 oak doors, no two alike.

Interesting.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

mr spock wrote:

Located in East Haddam CT and part of a 184 acre state park. The castle was built by William Gillette an actor, playwright and director. It took 20 men 5 years (1914-1919) to complete. All interior woodwork is made from hand
hewn white oak. It has 47 oak doors, no two alike.

A great image!!!
A butt ugly monstraousity!!

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Nice, been there! The opera house in East Haddam is another historical spot worth visiting.

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

nimbushopper wrote:

Nice, been there! The opera house in East Haddam is another historical spot worth visiting.

Yes it is

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Five years to build!? Looks like the stone work was thrown together in a day or two. I hope the interior looks better!

Stan

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

As a kid I thought they had an amusement park next to it?

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

When I lived in Connecticut, the castle was an occasional visit. Your picture, tho interesting and mostly accurate, doesn’t imho reflect the experience of actually visiting it.

Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

It’s amazing how people use their money to build crap.

hookedupin2005 Loc: Northwestern New Mexico

mr spock wrote:

Located in East Haddam CT and part of a 184 acre state park. The castle was built by William Gillette an actor, playwright and director. It took 20 men 5 years (1914-1919) to complete. All interior woodwork is made from hand
hewn white oak. It has 47 oak doors, no two alike.

That is an UGLY building!

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

Thanks to all for your opinions

Boris77

mr spock wrote:

Located in East Haddam CT and part of a 184 acre state park. The castle was built by William Gillette an actor, playwright and director. It took 20 men 5 years (1914-1919) to complete. All interior woodwork is made from hand
hewn white oak. It has 47 oak doors, no two alike.

Is it lit at night? Could be selectively interesting.
Boris