Local Secrets, Big Finds 2007 Pick

• 4 out of 5 stars by Local Secrets from New York, New York
• January 17, 2008

Quote: Actor William Gillette--the original Sherlock Holmes--built this castle on a bluff "perched atop the rolling hills of the Connecticut River valley" in 1919. From this intricately designed 24-room medieval abode, now a state park, you can marvel at... Read the full Gillette Castle State Park review

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Gillette Castle State Park

• 2 out of 5 stars by traveling engineer from salem, Connecticut
• January 13, 2007

Quote: Built from 1914-1919 by actor/director William Gillette, the fieldstone Castle of this park towers up out of the woods like a scene from a movie set. The building, with its built-in benches and fireplaces, has a romantic, Gothic feel that makes it... Read the full Gillette Castle State Park review

From journal Southeastern Connecticut

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Gillette Castle State Park

• 5 out of 5 stars by HamaRN from Middlebury, Connecticut
• August 27, 2006

Quote: From the web page at http://dep.state.ct.us/stateparks/parks/gillettecastle.htm Outside on the grounds, Gillette's influence is no less in evidence. The trails often follow, over trestle and through tunnel, the actor's three mile long narrow gauge... Read the full Gillette Castle State Park review

From journal Gillette Castle

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Gillette Castle - Connecticut

• 5 out of 5 stars by Muchmor from Belleville, Ontario
• July 11, 2005

Quote: Gillette Castle is located in East Haddam in Connecticut, and I can thoroughly recommend a visit. This is a truly amazing place and was originally built not as a castle, but as a home for William Hooker Gillette, an actor who was most famous for his... Read the full Gillette Castle State Park review

From journal New England in a Week!

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