Boldt Castle - Heart Island, NY
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N 44° 20.671 W 075° 55.362
18T E 426452 N 4910553
Weathervane on the tower of Boldt Castle.
Waymark Code: WMT33Y
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2016
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Boldt Castle is a major landmark and tourist attraction in the Thousand Islands region of the U.S. state of New York.
George Boldt, general manager of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City and manager of the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, and his family enjoyed an earlier frame cottage on Hart Island (the island's original name) for several summers, which they greatly expanded. In 1900, George Boldt launched an ambitious construction campaign to build a huge masonry structure, one of the largest private homes in the United States.
The construction of Boldt Castle ceased abruptly in early 1904 after the death of Boldt's wife, Louise Kehrer Boldt. Boldt never returned to Heart Island, leaving this structure as a monument of his love.
Today, Boldt Castle is accessible by ferry, private boat or by tour boat from Alexandria Bay, New York Clayton, New York, Gananoque, Ontario, Rockport, Ontario, and Ivy Lea, Ontario. Most of the grounds and buildings can be explored by the public for a fee.
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