Gillette Castle State Park
| Seventh Sister | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 Gillette Castle |
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| location | East Haddam , Middlesex County , Connecticut | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 25 '19.9 " N , 72 ° 25' 42.1" W | ||
| Built | 1914-19 | ||
| architect | William Gillette , Porteus-Walker Company | ||
| Number of visitors | 300,000 | ||
| NRHP number | 86002103 | ||
| The NRHP added | July 31, 1986 | ||
The Gillette Castle State Park is a 74-hectare park area between Lyme and East Haddam on the border of counties Middlesex and New London in the State of Connecticut . Gillette Castle, also known as the Seventh Sister , was built there between 1914 and 1919 . In 1943, the state acquired the property and established a state park . Since July 31, 1986, the building has been on the National Register of Historic Places under number 86002103.
Gillette Castle in Lyme , overlooking the Connecticut River , was originally the private residence of actor William Gillette .
Gillette, best known as the stage actor of Sherlock Holmes , designed the castle-like peculiar house on his Seventh Sister estate essentially himself. When he died without a link, the State of Connecticut took over the property and made it a state park, which is now visited by around 300,000 people annually becomes.
The peculiarities of the house include special door knobs and locks and a secret passage and hidden surveillance mirrors.
A once-existing private railway was largely dismantled.
gallery
Side view
Ruin of a stone bridge
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.friendsofgillettecastle.org/
- ↑ Seventh Sister in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 31, 2017.
- ↑ http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/86002103.pdf
