Gillette Castle
Project Overview & Specifications
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Project Location:
East Haddam, CT -
Project Architect:
Phase I: Roger S. Clarke, AIA; Phase II: N/A; Phase III: Barkin Andrade Architects P.C.
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Owner:
State of Connecticut -
Completion Date:
Phase I: August 2000; Phase II: November 2001; Phase III: February 2003
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Cost Range:
Phase I: $2,374,569; Phase II: $700,450; Phase III: $2,980,136
Gillette Castle is a 24-room medieval-style mansion that overlooks the Connecticut River in East Haddam, Connecticut. It took from 1914 to 1919 to build, and many local craftspeople several more years to finish. Unprecedented in its style, this elaborate castle was designed and owned by noted actor William H. Gillette, best known for his portrayal of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Today, Gillette Castle is a public park owned by the State of Connecticut.
Kronenberger & Sons completed an extensive interior and exterior restoration to both the mansion and grounds while bringing everything up to current building codes and safety standards. This included all masonry work on the castle, outbuildings, and retaining walls, structural work in the castle, building an exit staircase for museum traffic, recreating interior raffia wall dressings, and rebuilding the train station.
Gillette Castle is #86002103 on the National Register of Historic Places.
Press Mentions
Author: Period Homes Magazine
10/1/2002
Author: Betsy Wittemann, West Hartford Life
8/1/2002
Author: Jim Shea, The Hartford Courant
6/16/2002
Author: John Christie, The Middletown Press
2/15/2001
Author: The Hartford Courant
8/12/2001
Author: Gary Libow, The Hartford Courant
3/27/2001
Author: The Middletown Press
2/9/2001
Author: Professional Advantage, Vol. 2, No. 2
3/1/2001
Author: Old-House Journal
9/1/2002
Author: Old-House Interiors Magazine
8/1/2002
Author: Stephen Mordenti, The Sunday Republican
5/19/2002
Author: Michael Greenwood, The Hartford Courant
3/19/2000
Author: K. Lee Howard, Connecticut Magazine
5/1/2002
Author: John Christie, The Middletown Press
2/9/2001
Author: Author: John Christie, The Middletown Press
5/28/2002
Author: Gary Libow, The Hartford Courant
9/7/1998
