List of castles in the United States

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This is a list of castles in the United States. None can properly be described as true castles, as there was no medieval period in the Western Hemisphere comparable to that in Europe and castles were obsolete by the time of European settlement. They are primarily country houses, follies, or other types of buildings built to give the appearance of a castle. They are usually designed in the Gothic Revival, Châteauesque, Romanesque Revival, Scots Baronial or Tudor Revival styles. Some, however, are actual fortifications. This list includes items in many states.

List of castles in the United States[edit]

Bacon's Castle, 2014, in Surry County, Virginia
Beacon Towers in Sands Point, New York
Belvedere Castle, a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City
Berkeley Castle in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Bettendorf Castle in Fox River Grove, Illinois
Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina
Boldt Castle on Heart Island, Thousand Islands, New York
The Camelback Castle/Copenhaver Castle in Phoenix, Arizona.
Carey Mansion in Newport, Rhode Island
Castello di Amorosa in Calistoga, California
Château Laroche in Loveland, Ohio
Dunham Castle in Wayne, Illinois
El Cid Castle in Phoenix, Arizona
Glamorgan in Alliance, Ohio
Glen Eyrie in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Grey Court in Methuen, Massachusetts
Hearst Castle (Casa Grande), San Simeon, California, from the Esplanade
Hempstead House in Sands Point, New York
Kimberly Crest in Redlands, California
Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York
Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester Hills, Michigan
Mercer Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Nichols Hall in Manhattan, Kansas
Ochre Court in Newport, Rhode Island
Old Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Rhodes Hall in Atlanta, Georgia
Searles Castle in Windham, New Hampshire
Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C.
Squire's Castle in Willoughby Hills, Ohio
Stan Hywet in Akron, Ohio
Stronghold Castle in Oregon, Illinois
The Tovrea Castle in Phoenix, Arizona
Wesleyan Hall in Florence, Alabama
Winnekenni Castle in Haverhill, Massachusetts

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Le Chateau Woda Nymphée, near Fort Worth, Texas. Lord Härringtón

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Darrell Wolcott's Castle, Jefferson, Texas

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