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Entrance to Schloss Braunfels from the town A view through the castle gates. During the Thirty Years' War, Braunfels Castle was contested and heavily damaged. [3] Due to his support for Frederick V, the Winter King, Count Johann Albrecht I of Solms-Braunfels was placed under Imperial ban, and in 1621, the castle was taken without resistance by Spanish troops on behalf of the emperor. [3]
Fonthill Castle was the home of the archaeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer. Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces, 10 bathrooms and one powder room.
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The castle, located in Great Barrington, Mass., has hit the market for a kingly $8.995 million. (Think that's expensive? (Think that's expensive? It initially hit the market for $15 million in 2007.)
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Remember the medieval-style castle complete with a moat and drawbridge that went up for sale in Oakland Township back in 2022? Well, it's still for sale. And the price recently dropped by $200,000.
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania: Peter A. B. Widener [4] Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation: 1899: Neoclassical: Horace Trumbauer: 3: 109,000 sq ft (10,100 m 2) [5] Oheka Castle: West Hills, New York: Otto Hermann Kahn: Gary Melius [6] 1919: Châteauesque: Delano and Aldrich: 4 105,000 sq ft (9,800 m 2) The One: Bel Air, Los Angeles, California ...
Fonthill, Mercer Museum and Moravian Pottery and Tile Works is a National Historic Landmark District located at Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.It consists of three properties built by Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) in a distinctive application of the principles of the Arts and Crafts movement, which are also notable for the early use of poured concrete: Fonthill, the Mercer Museum ...