Medieval Castle in Arkansas???

[Fitzy]

It's great to see. I hope PBS or someone does a documentary on the building of it.

And yes, they can be realy cool..... especially in the winter !

There were quite a few castles built in the USA back in the "Robber Baron" days. I know of several just on the north shore of Long Island NY, of which two still survive

Here's links to them both.

http://www.sandspointpreserve.org/htm/hempstead.htm

This one may look formiluar to anyone who watched the TV series "Kings", and other TV shows and movies.

http://www.sandspointpreserve.org/htm/photos.htm

This is Castle Gould. It orinally was the "Stable" (with equestrian ball room )for the castle/mansion above.

The reason I said "realy cool" is that they can be VERY cold and damp in winter. I spent nine years working in the "dungeons" of Castle Gould above, so I have a bit of experiance with it. The good news is, with walls at least 3 feet thick stone, they don't need air conditioning.

At the tip of Sands Point, north of these two castles, there was another castle built by W.R. Hearst very much like the one the OP linked to. Pictures I saw of it in the Nassau County Museum archive, it looked very much like the castle in Disney Land. It's long gone to make way for a private community, but the crenulated outer wall, guard towers with cross arrow slits and gateways are still there at the very end of Middleneck Rd.

Paul

[Coastie]

There is one in Kentucky though not historically accurate.

http://www.thecastlepost.com/default.asp

And an old website that tracked the long and storied road it took to become a site for weddings and such.

http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/martin.htm