If there’s one building perfect for Halloween this is it. It’s located on Heart Island on the St. Lawrence River in New York. G.W.&W.D. Hewitt designed this six story “castle” and four accompanying romantic masonry structures. The owner, George Boldt, ordered construction to stop, however, when his wife died. Theirs was a young marriage, she was just fifteen, but their young passion drove him to construct the monument to their love. Boldt and his children refused to step foot on the island for 73 years.
The Thousand Islands Bridge Authority bought the property for one dollar in agreement to restore it. Restorations have exceeded $15 million. The complex of 11 buildings remains a haunting reminder America’s Gilded Age. It’s a tragedy that reminds one of the Winchester House or Neuschwanstein.
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