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Post by ShooterMike on Jul 28, 2008 17:04:55 GMT
There was mention on a training thread about surprise in seeing that there are castles in the U.S. They certainly aren't medieval castles. But still, some of them look cool. The context of the discussion was in making pictures and/or video of medieval swordsmanship training with a castle in the background. So I found this info on American Castles and thought I'd share. Scroll down past the "eminent domain" argument for a huge state-by-state list of castles. Some aren't really "castles" but some are. Castles of the United States
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Post by slav on Jul 28, 2008 17:50:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2008 1:34:29 GMT
That was me that was surprised at the fact that there are castles here in the US. That is interesting. Let us al grab our swords, seige engines and take one or two of them! >XD
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Post by Tom K. (ianflaer) on Jul 29, 2008 5:40:03 GMT
In Puerta Rico they have at least two really beautiful castles that are real castles made for the defense of the land. that's part of America. oh, and I have had several sword fights in the shadows of those noble walls. A very cool experience
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2008 0:17:33 GMT
Puerto Rico is actually an independent country. there are just under our protection and thus have more privileges than most foreign nationalists.
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Post by boduognat on Jul 30, 2008 11:06:56 GMT
What's a "real castle" Mike ?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2008 12:03:31 GMT
We don't really have "real" chateaus either here in America, but we have lots of nice reproductions I got married at the Wainwright house in NY it would be a great backdrop for some fencing (especially the front of the house). Debbie
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Post by boduognat on Jul 30, 2008 18:41:17 GMT
I was just teasing guys ! I'm quiet convinced that the stately homes and chateaux's in the States are all well been taking care off !!, something I can't say about some of the historic places and buildings in our vicinity's of the globe ! !
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Post by hotspur on Jul 30, 2008 20:14:16 GMT
That's certainly a neat page and a good start. I do notice they miss at least a half dozen other towers here similar to the Quincy example they show for Massachusetts. A quite similar one is thought to date back to the Vinland story but is really more likely not and was probably built simply as a watch point on the river in colonial times. A lot of the old towers were used at various times for various things. The Powder House in Somerville (not the site they list, which is way cool too) is quite Bavarian looking. Aside from the pre 19th century forts and such (I don't recall they even listed Castle Island) there is an incredible wealth of private residential type architecure across the country, not in the least here in New England. Here are a couple of examples. Larz Anderson had a huge estate on the outskirts of Boston. The main house burnt down but this was his carriage house. I worked for the Museum Of Transportation there briefly in the late 1970s. A very neat place, inside and out. Another basic and random example is the Gardner house that was styled on an Italian villa. It is also a museum now and the interior is quite palace like, despite a rather plain looking exterior. That, not wholly unlike the Higgins Armory here in Worcester, which is very industrial looking outside (Norton Abrasives is just across the way) but the main hall is representative of a late medieval look. I used to yearn to get back out west, as a teenager that had been displaced east. More and more, I realize there are hundreds of day trips I have yet to make here. Cheers Hotspur; the house in Newton I left 10 years ago had nine hearthed fireplaces aside from the original kitchens (yes, plural) That was not really an extraordinary Greek revival home eitherHa, I found a picture of it online. The house in the background used to be the carriage house, they have redone the driveway a little bit. Would you believe you are looking at vinyl siding? My maternal grandparents used to rent the rear of the second floor and eventually bought it from the owner in the 1950s (sans the carriage house). If there hadn't been so many siblings and cousins involved, I might be there stilll. When I was first there, I had the third floor room with the half circle window. I later moved down to the cook's suite on the second floor (around the corner and out of view). Would you believe this was really only a four bedroom? I do remember bleeding 29 radiators every year.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2008 14:42:23 GMT
I've actually been to the Excalibur that was built be Jeff Cook. It's a really nice place but I think he stopped letting people tour the place a few years back. It's intreasting to find that there are so many castles in the states, great find.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2008 17:47:04 GMT
I live about 7 miles from Meyers Castle here in Dyer, i was invited to a wedding reception there a few years ago but never went. The entire property is surrounded by pretty thick vegetation so you really can't see much of it from the road. Its right off of U.S. Rt. 30 in Dyer and you can just barely see the high peaks while driving down the Dixie highway.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2008 19:00:39 GMT
I lived in a castle in Scotland that had been divided into apartments inside. It was about 40 miles North of Dundee near Brechin. I miss Scotland a lot. It was a really cool place if, like me, you are into history.
Not to hijack the thread, but the discussion made me think of a watch tower near the North Eske river. A friend and I were hiking in the highlands and actually continued until well after dark. Usually we would have set up camp before dark, but we wanted to get to an area where we had not been before. We set up our tent using flashlights to see what we were doing and woke the next morning to find we were just a few feet from an old watch tower that was set up to guard Edzell castle.
Funny story-That night, just after setting up the tent, my friend and I were talking about how far we had walked. I commented that we had to be miles from civilization and he agreed. A few minutes later we heard a sound and saw lights just over the hill. All of a sudden..ZOOM...a car goes by about 10 feet away. We had walked so far back that we had come to the road that looped through the mountains. We both just looked at each other in shock for a minute, then started laughing our butts off. So much for being in the middle of nowhere.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2008 0:44:16 GMT
I've been to a couple "castles" in New England. Mostly they were built by wealthy eccentrics in the early 20th century. There are some pretty cool ones. This is my fav so far: www.searlescastlewindham.com/We considered getting married here - getting as far as the "no alcohol" rule. Sorry, that's a deal breaker.
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