Hammond Castle
National Register Of Historic Places · Gloucester, Massachusetts
A medieval-looking castle on a rock above the Atlantic at Gloucester, built between 1926 and 1929 by John Hays Hammond Jr., an inventor who held over four hundred patents and effectively invented radio remote control — at one point second only to Edison in American patents held. He built it to house his collection of Roman, medieval and Renaissance material and to hold an organ of more than eight thousand pipes, one of the largest ever installed in a private house.
80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 01930, United States
SEASONAL with a limited weekly schedule, generally late spring through October, plus a heavy autumn and Halloween event programme; closed for long stretches of winter and for private weddings at short notice. CHECK BEFORE TRAVELLING. Modest admission with reductions; FREE parking. Evening, organ and Halloween events are separately ticketed and sell out well ahead.