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Gillette Castle: A History
By Erik Ofgang
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By Erik Ofgang
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During his career as an actor, William Gillette portrayed worldrenowned character Sherlock Holmes in more than 1,300 performances.
His career as a playwright and actor afforded him the opportunity to purchase a 184acre estate, where he also built a twentyfourroom medievalstyle castle. Overlooking the Connecticut River, Gillette's castle was complete with spy mirrors, sliding furniture, hidden rooms and a threemile quarterscale railroad. Since becoming a state park in 1943, it has evol...