Talk:List of castles in the United States

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[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

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)

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)