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You have forgotten to add Gillette Castle in East Haddam Connecticut, built by William Gillette the famous stage actor in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was the man who famously played Sherlock Holmes on stage.

real castles in the USA

There were some real European castles taken apart stone by stone and shipped to the US and re-assembled here by wealthy late 19th and early 20th C patrons, when European castles were going cheap, Americans were rich and labor and shipping was affordable. I can't recall which or where, one is in NJ I think, but there are a few around. -- Stbalbach 05:21, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Castillo de San Marcos

For Castles in the United States, there is the Castillo de San Marcos, in St. Augustine, FL. It is no modern folly, it can only be described as a real fortress. Please add it to the page, and (by necessity) edit the blurb at the top.

We've got at least one. 57.68.49.4 20:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC)Dave57.68.49.4 20:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that easily classifies as a castle, it's a fort. If you include forts there are 100s in the US. But forts I think are different from castles. -- Stbalbach 00:25, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Spanish did build some castles in the Americas, but none in the United States. Although in name, Castillo de San Marcos would seem to be a castle, it actually belongs to a later period of Spanish fortress building in the Americas (the second period, or "bastion period", as it is known). --Grimhelm 15:08, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Casa de Josefina (http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Casa_De_Josefina) is a Moorish Castle built in early 20th C and should be included in this list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.247.95.53 (talk) 20:55, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Castillo translates as fort not castle. Both word are of Latin origin from *castellum* but do not mean the same thing. The design of Castillo de San Marcos is post large scale gunpowder/cannon and is not the design of a castle. It is a fort. It was designed and built to maintain cannon on its walls and resist being reduced by them. it should not be on this list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.150.26.28 (talk) 15:57, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some clean up

I did some clean up on the article today, although it needs more. I also added lots of additional images. New York seems to have the highest concentration and some of the best examples of American "castles", but I tried to balance out the images with attention to good examples from a variety of locations around the nation. Altairisfar (talk) 19:57, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, now all entries are referenced (although some are primary) and have a short description. I've removed a couple of very modern ones that searches indicated had no notability and were likely added as advertisements. I've also added many new ones and plan to add more. A large number are on the National Register of Historic Places and some are designated as National Historic Landmarks, so I'll add that to their descriptions as well as soon as I sort it all out. Has anyone given any thought to inserting the entries into a table? Photos exist for the majority of those listed. I can do it, but will wait a while for feedback first. Altairisfar (talk) 06:00, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree with your removal of the MILHIST tag as some of the castles (Castillo de San Marcos, Old Georgia State Capitol, & San Francisco Armory... I'm not going through the whole list though...) did have a military purpose. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 11:16, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't think of it that way, the only one I was really thinking about that had a real military history was San Marcos, but the other two you mention, plus Bannerman's Castle did have those connections as well. I've put it back. Altairisfar (talk) 14:33, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks!! There are probably others that are missing from the list too, but those were just the ones that lept out to me. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 23:25, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Formatting

This needs to be made more accessible by converting it into a sortable table - as a very lengthy list it is very hard to identify groups, such as location, date of construction etc. Dan arndt (talk) 05:53, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]