statuary around Hammond Castle

This piece has a face on each side. Three females and one male.










This gremlin(?) is slightly out of focus, but he fascinated me. He's over an archway in an outdoor wall.



This lion is inside the castle.

inside Hammond Castle

Inside the Great Hall, where there is a (now non-functioning) pipe organ. Hammond invented things for pipe organs and major concerts were once held here.

There was a large indoor pool area where plants grow and the outdoor light comes in.

Hammond Castle

John Hammond, Jr, inventor and owner of almost as many patents as Thomas Edison, built this castle in Gloucester, Mass in the 1920s.

He scavenged parts of European castles (one wonders how legally) and brought them together in this amazing construction.

It's great fun to go up the winding stairways in the towers to see the rooms. I'll post a few photos from the inside tomorrow.