Bacon's Castle, Surry County, Virginia. Built in 1665, Bacon's Castle, originally known as the Arthur Allen Brick House, is British North America's oldest brick structure, North America's only surviving example of Jacobean architecture, and has North America's oldest, preserved 17th-century English formal garden.
Bannerman's Castle, also known as Bannerman's Island Arsenal, Hudson River, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, built 1901–18. The structure was built as a military surplus warehouse in the style of a Romanesque castle by businessman Francis Bannerman. An explosion in 1920 destroyed a portion of the complex. The empty and partially collapsed shell remains as a picturesque ruin. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2][3]
Bishop Castle, Wet Mountains, Rye, Colorado, vicinity. Construction began on this eccentric structure in 1969 and was still in progress in 2010. Built by one man, Jim Bishop, the building facade is rubble stone, with a 160-foot (49 m) tower and a variety of self-made iron ornaments and bridges.[9]
Bull Run Castle, Aldie, Virginia, hand-built from 1980 to 1999 by the owner, John Roswell Miller, and his family. It is two stories with four round corner towers, a large central round tower at the rear, and a crenellated roof-line.[11]
Camelback Castle/Copenhaver Castle. The construction of the castle began in 1967 and was finished in 1977. The castle is located at 5050 E. Red Rock Dr. in Phoenix, Arizona. The architectural style of the castle is that of medieval Moorish. The castle has a dungeon, a drawbridge and a moat as well.[12]
Canterbury Castle, also known as Arlington Castle, Portland, Oregon, built 1929–1931. Designed by Jeter O. Frye. The 6,000-square-foot (560 m2), three-story house featured a moat, drawbridge, and towers. It was demolished in 2009. It was formerly listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Castle Falls, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, built 1945.
Castle Farms, Charlevoix, Michigan, built in 1918 by Albert Loeb, then vice president of Sears & Roebuck in a Normandy style. It was built as a showplace farm for cattle. Later it was an art park and a well known concert venue Castle Farms Music Theatre. Currently it is a tourist attraction and wedding venue.
Castle La Crosse (La Crosse, Wisconsin) designed for Lumber Baron N.B. Holway in 1892. This imposing limestone building incorporates Richardson Romanesque with Queen Anne elements.The main residence contains 40+ rooms over 5 floors, 17,000 square feet.
Castle Museum, Saginaw, Michigan, designed by William Martin Aikenbuilt and built in 1897. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Castle of Heron Bay, Lake Worth, Texas. Formerly known as Whiting Castle, and commonly known as the Lake Worth Castle. Originally a three-room farm house built circa 1860, the property was won in a poker game by Samuel E. Whiting, who expanded and embellished the structure in the style of a castle, during the 1920s.[citation needed]
Château Woda Nymphée, built by architect Rodney, Lord Härringtón, made of moonlight pale and gold sediment coloured limestone from the Texas Hill Country and imported blood-red brick from a thousand-year old Ordensburg castle of the Teutonic Knights, a religious order of crusaders from Northern Europe. Traditional quarried green and purple slate for the Gothic roof was imported from Vermont. Architectural drawings show a cavernous wine cellar or dungeon as a fall-out shelter. Among the craftsmen of timber and mason who helped with construction was B. Bransom II. The château is presently unfinished and landlocked. A monastery is said to be operated there as well as a secret society. The exterior has been used in music videos and fashion shoots.
Coe Hall, Oyster Bay, New York, built for William Robertson Coe on his Planting Fields estate from 1915 to 1919. The three-story Tudor Revival mansion features a primary facade with a combination of carved stone, dressed stone, and some exposed half-timbering that gives it the look of having been built at different periods in history. It was designed by Walker & Gillette. The grounds were designed by Guy Lowell, with later work by the Olmsted Brothers firm. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Coindre Hall, Huntington, New York, 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m2) Châteauesque style mansion built for George McKesson Brown from 1910 to 1912. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Druim Moir Castle, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built from 1885 to 1886 for Pennsylvania railroad tycoon Henry H. Houston.[29] It is listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Dunmere, Narragansett, Rhode Island, built in 1883 for Robert Graham Dun. The stone mansion features towers and cupolas. It is listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
El Cid Castle, which resembled a Moorish Castle, was built by the late Dr. Kenneth Hall, a physician who served the community of Sunnyslope in Phoenix, Arizona. Construction on the structure began in 1963 and was completed in 1980. It is located at the Northwest corner of 19th Ave and West Cholla Drive which technically is on the opposite side Sunnyslope's western boundary.[30]
Franklin Castle, also known as the Hannes Tiedemann House, Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1881 for Hannes Tiedemann. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Glamorgan, Alliance, Ohio, built from 1904 to 1905 for William Henry Morgan. The exterior features a facade of Vermont marble. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Glencairn, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, built in a unique Romanesque style from 1928 to 1939. It was designed by the owner, Raymond Pitcairn, for his family. It has more than 100 rooms and a seven-story tower. It is now a museum. It is listed as a contributing building on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Glen Island Park, New Rochelle, New York, German castle based on structures in the Rhineland, built late 19th century as part of Starin's Glen Island amusement park as a beer garden and restaurant.
Hartlands, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, completed in 1908 for George Watson Beach. Designed by Alfredo S. G. Taylor, it combines Tudor Revival and Gothic Revival with some other early 20th century influences. The 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) stone mansion features a three-story crenellated tower. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Hazard Castle, adjacent to Rhode Island Sound, Narragansett, Rhode Island, built in 1882 for Joseph Peace Hazard. The stone Gothic Revival mansion includes a 105-foot-tall (32 m) crenellated tower. It is listed as a contributing building on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Hempstead House, Sands Point, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island, built from 1909 to 1912 for Howard Gould. It contains two stone Tudor Revival style structures with towers. Hempstead House is the main house. Castle Gould contained the stables and the servants quarters. It is listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Joslyn Castle, also known as Lynhurst, Omaha, Nebraska, built in the Baronial style in 1903. It was built from Kansas limestone and cost approximately $250,000 to build. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Kimberly Crest, Redlands, California, completed in 1896 for Cornelia A. Hill. It was designed by Oliver Perry Dennis and Lyman Farwell, a Los Angeles-based partnership, in the Châteauesque style. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Kip's Castle, Verona, New Jersey, originally known as "Kypsburg", constructed over a three-year period in the early 1900s by Frederic Ellsworth Kip and his wife, Charlotte Bishop Williams Kip. Frederic was a wealthy textile inventor and industrialist.[2]
Lambert Castle, Garret Mountain Reservation, Paterson, New Jersey, built from 1892 to 1893 for Catholina Lambert. Lambert continued to expand the estate, building a 70-foot (21 m) observation tower, a summerhouse, and an art gallery in 1896. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Layton Castle, Monroe, LA.[41] Originally called Mulberry Grove Plantation. The initial raised Louisiana cottage, built in 1814 by Judge Henry Bry, was later subsumed into what is now called Layton Castle, in 1910, by his grand daughter-in-law, Eugenia Stubbs Layton Wright. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Layton Castle is built of red brick, most of it created on the property, and features a crenellated turret, and an immense porte-cochère. In the 1930s, parts of the house were divided into apartments and remain so today. Descendants of the original family live on the large second floor.
Lord's Castle, Waltham, Massachusetts, completed in 1886 for Rufus E. Lord. The two-story Baronial style house features a three-story crenellated tower. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Maryvale Castle, Brooklandville, Maryland, Built in 1912 by Baltimore architect Wilson L. Smith in the style of Warwick Castle in England as a private residence, it became a Catholic boarding school in 1945. It is now part of Maryvale Preparatory School.[49]
Melrose, Casanova, Virginia, crenellated Gothic Revival mansion with three-story tower. Built from 1856 to 1858 for the Murray family. It served as a Union Army headquarters during the American Civil War. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, poured concrete structure combining an eclectic mix of styles. It was built from 1913 to 1916 for Henry Chapman Mercer as a museum to house his collections.[31] It is listed as a contributing building on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Montezuma Castle, Montezuma, New Mexico, 400-room Queen Anne style hotel built in 1886 (after burning down twice, in 1881 and 1885) that capitalized on the natural hot springs nearby. It has since been renovated by the United World College and houses multiple college facilities including the school dining hall, guest and dorm rooms, offices, classrooms, rehearsal spaces, and a student center complete with a store, laundry rooms, pool and tables, and a kitchen.[50]
Mystery Castle, Phoenix, Arizona, built from 1930 to 1935 by the owner, Boyce Luther Gulley. The eighteen room, three-story castle was built using found materials, adobe, and stone.[51]
Norumbega, Camden, Maine, completed in 1886 for Joseph Barker Stearns. The architecture of the mansion combines Châteauesque, Flemish, and Queen Anne motifs. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Ochre Court, Newport, Rhode Island, Châteauesque style mansion built at a cost of $4.5 million in 1892. Designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Ogden Goelet. It is listed as a contributing building on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Oheka Castle, Huntington, New York, on Long Island, 109,000-square-foot (10,100 m2) Châteauesque style mansion built for Otto Hermann Kahn from 1914 to 1919. It is the second largest privately held home in the United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Old Georgia State Capitol, Milledgeville, Georgia, state capitol building built from 1807 to 1837. It was the first public building built in the Gothic Revival style in the United States. Now a part of Georgia Military College, the Old Capital Museum is housed on the ground floor. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Old Louisiana State Capitol, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, state capitol building built in the Gothic Revival style from 1847 to 1852. Used as a prison by the Union Army following the capture of the city during the Civil War. While being used as a prison it caught fire and the interior was gutted. The interior was rebuilt in 1882 and it continued to be used as the capitol building until 1932. It is a National Historic Landmark.[2]
Piatt Castles, West Liberty, Ohio, two stone mansions built by brothers Abram Sanders Piatt and Donn Piatt. Both mansions combine Flemish and Gothic styles. Both were started in 1864, with Mac-A-Cheek, built for Abram, completed in 1871 and Mac-O-Chee, built for Donn, completed in 1879. Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Piermont Castle, also known as The Cedars or Lord's Castle, Piermont, New York, built in 1892 for Eleazar Lord. The 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) Châteauesque mansion has thirty primary rooms and was designed by McKim, Mead & White. The interior features 18th-century Italian paneling.[54]
Pyne Castle, originally known as Broadview Villa, Laguna Beach, California, 62-room Châteauesque mansion built from 1927 to 1935 for E. Walter Pyne. The approximately 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) masonry structure was converted into apartments during the early 1960s.[55]
Quinlan Castle, Birmingham, Alabama, built in 1926 as the Royal Arms Apartments. The four-story building is arranged around an open-air courtyard, with a turreted tower on each corner. The facade features arched windows and doors and is faced is rough stone. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Richthofen Castle, Denver, Colorado. built from 1883 to 1887 for Walter von Richthofen. His nephew was Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron". The house was supposedly modeled on a castle owned by the Richthofen family in Europe. It was remodeled in 1910 and expanded in 1924.[56]
Rubel Castle, also known as Rubel Pharm, Glendora, California, built 1968–88. Castle-like home of Michael Clarke Rubel, who used concrete, stone, and a mixture of recycled materials to construct it.[58]
Rufus Rand Mansion, also known as the Lake Office, Minnetonka, Minnesota, built 1931. Originally built in a French château style as a country home. The Chateau has a marble staircase, 400,000 sq ft (37,000 m2), 63 rooms, 14 fireplaces,[59] and 17 bathrooms, and was known as "Still Pond" until it was purchased by Cargill in 1946. It served as the company's global headquarters until 2017.[60]
Sky High Castle, Redings Mill, Missouri, built 1927–30. Situated upon a 180-foot-tall (55 m) hill, the two-story mansion has a four-story tower on one corner. It has a stone facade and a crenellated roofline.[64]
Smithmore Castle, also known as Smithmore, Spruce Pine, North Carolina. It is a private mountain estate purchased and renovated by Rob Smith in 2008, and serves as a working hotel with a restaurant.[65][66][67]
Squire's Castle, Cleveland, Ohio. It was built during the 1890s for Feargus B. Squire, one of the founders of Standard Oil, as a gatekeeper's house and caretaker's quarters for his planned country estate. His wife died and the estate was never built; even the gatekeeper's house was left as an incomplete shell.[68]
Thornewood, Lakewood, Washington, built from 1908 to 1911. The brick Tudor Revival mansion was designed by Kirtland Cutter for Chester Thorne, who had the bricks from a dismantled 15th century Elizabethan manor house in England shipped to the site for the construction. The substructure is concrete and steel. The mansion was used as a set for the Stephen King miniseries Rose Red.[73] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
The Tovrea Castle was built between December 1929 and January 1931 and is located at 5041 E. Van Buren St. The castle was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on Oct. 1, 1996.[74]
Uhuburg, Eagle Owl Castle near the Alpine Bavarian City of Helen, GA. Founded in 2008 and opened in May 2023 as a Citadel of Epistemology for ones of its educational missions to understand how humankind has tried to understand life through the ages via murals depicting philosophies and religions. It is also a self-sustaining food advocate with working gardens, a nature and botanical place on its enchanted 45 acres of southern Appalachian terrain and fauna, and a Celebration place for weddings, lectures, dances, and the like. www.uhuburg.com
Usen Castle, Waltham, Massachusetts, built in 1928 to serve as the main hall for Middlesex University. It was designed in the Baronial style by John H. Smith. Middlesex University closed in 1946 and was rechartered as Brandeis University in 1948. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Vikingsholm, Lake Tahoe, California, built from 1928 to 1929 as a summer home for Lora Josephine Knight. Designed by Lennart Palme and Matt Green, the 38-room mansion features a stone facade with Scandinavian Gothic influences, with the stone facade influenced by churches and castles of southern Sweden and wooden elements inside and out influenced by early Norse woodcarvings. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Villa Zorayda, also known as Zorayda Castle, St. Augustine, Florida, built in 1883 for Franklin W. Smith. The Moorish Revival style mansion was built as Smith's winter home. The poured concrete structure features Moorish arches, a crenellated roof-line, and a three-story tower. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Ward's Castle, Port Chester, New York, built in the 1870s. The house is an early example of the use of reinforced concrete. It is an unusual combination of the Second Empire and Gothic Revival styles. It features a four-story crenellated tower on one corner. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Wilson Castle, Proctor, Vermont, built from 1867 to 1875 for John Johnson. The three-story mansion combines the Flemish, Baronial, and Romanesque styles with a facade of brick and marble. It contains 32 primary rooms. Construction of the estate cost $1,300,000 by the time that it was completed.[77]
Wing's Castle, Millbrook, New York, built from 1970–present by the owners, Peter and Toni Wing. The stone, timber, and stucco structure was built using eighty percent recycled materials, much of it salvaged from demolished structures.[78][79]
Winnekenni Castle, Haverhill, Massachusetts, built from 1873 to 1875 for Dr. James R. Nichols. The dressed stone Baronial style house is two stories with two three-story towers, a small rooftop turret, and a crenellated roof-line.[80]
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