List of castles in the United States
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This is a list of castles in the United States. Note that none can properly be described as true castles. They are primarily country houses or follies, built in the style of medieval castles.
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- Bannerman's Castle, Pollepel Island, New York, an early 20th century arsenal and warehouse.
- Belcourt Castle, Newport, Rhode Island, a château built in the 1890s for Oliver Belmont.
- Belvedere Castle, New York, a folly in Central Park, built in 1869.
- Biltmore House, North Carolina, a late 19th century Châteauesque house.
- Bishop Castle, Colorado, a 20th century folly.
- Boldt Castle, Heart Island, Thousand Islands, an early 20th century house, with associated follies.
- Bull Run Castle, Aldie, Virginia.
- Carey Mansion, Rhode Island, a Châteauesque house.
- Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine, Florida, a Spanish fort. Construction began in 1672 and finished in 1695.
- Castello di Amorosa, Calistoga, California, a working winery.
- Castle Gwynn, Arrington-Triune, TN, a house built to look like a castle.
- Cinderella Castle, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, located in Walt Disney World.
- Coral Castle, Florida, a 20th century megalithic structure
- Coronado Heights, a hilltop tourist attraction in central Kansas
- Curwood Castle, Owosso, Michigan, an early 20th century replica of a French chateau.
- Dark Island Castle, Thousand Islands, a late 19th century house, based on descriptions in Sir Walter Scott's novels.
- Draiman Gothic Castle, Northridge, California, Built in 1993 by Mr Brownstein, A full feature Gothic Castle, with turets, gargoyles and Dragons.
- Druim Moir Castle, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, a late 19th century castle home, built for Pennsylvania railroad tycoon Henry H. Houston
- Fair Lane, in Dearborn, Michigan, the estate of Henry Ford.
- Franklin Castle, Cleveland, Ohio, built in the late 19th century by a wealthy German immigrant
- Gillette Castle, Connecticut, an early 20th century mock-mediaeval house.
- Grey Towers Castle, a building of Arcadia University, Pennsylvania.
- Hammond Castle, located on the coast of Massachusetts near Gloucester.
- Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California, a 20th century mansion.
- Henderson Castle, Kalamazoo, Michigan, a late 19th century house in the Queen Anne Style.
- Herreshoff Castle, Marblehead, Massachusetts, a mock-mediaeval 20th century house.
- Lambert Castle, Paterson, NJ
- Loveland Castle, Loveland, Ohio, a 20th century folly.
- Meadow Brook Hall, Rochester Hills, Michigan, mansion of Matilda Dodge Wilson.
- Nichols Hall, a 20th century building of Kansas State University, built to look like a castle.
- Oheka Castle, Long Island, a 20th century country house.
- Olana State Historic Site, 1872 Persian/Victorian mansion
- Old Louisiana State Capitol, Baton Rouge, built in a Gothic Revival style in the mid-19th century.
- Old Main, a late 19th century Gothic Revival building of Eastern Illinois University.
- The Piatt Castles, West Liberty, Ohio. late-19th century manors built by brothers Abram Sanders and Donn Piatt.
- Castle Museum (Saginaw)
- Searles Castle (New Hampshire), Windham, New Hampshire, a 20th century replica of an English Tudor mansion.
- Shea's Castle, Antelope Valley, California, an early 20th century stone castle.
- Sleeping Beauty Castle, Anaheim, California, located in Disneyland.
- Squire's Castle, metropolitan Cleveland, Ohio.
- Ward's Castle, Port Chester, New York. Built in the 1870s, first reinforced concrete building in US.
- Wettershaw Manor(Castle), Shaw/Columbia Missouri. Built 1819 and is over 11000 sq feet.
- Wilson Castle, Proctor, Vermont, a late 19th century brick and marble estate.
- Glamorgan Castle, Alliance, Ohio