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Gelston Castle, located near Castle Douglas in Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, was built by Sir William Douglas of Castle Douglas, who had acquired the lands of Gelston in 1799. [1]
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Since then, the castle has been a subject of tours on occasions organized by the Herkimer County Historical Society. That organization has held an annual "Weekend at Gelston Castle". [citation needed] In 2007, Gelston Castle was purchased along with the Rostropovich Mansion and 330 acres (1.3 km 2) by the Safflyn Corporation
Gelston may refer to: Gelston, Dumfries and Galloway, a hamlet in Scotland; Gelston, Lincolnshire, a village in England; David Gelston (1744–1828), an American merchant and politician; Gelston Castle in Jordanville, New York, in the United States; Gelston Castle, a listed building in Kelton, Dumfries and Galloway, in Scotland
Gelston Castle Gelston, Castle Douglas: Country house in Adam castellated style, 1805, attributed to Richard Crichton, now derelict [70] 9836: Old Bridge of Dee Bridge of Dee, Castle Douglas, over the River Dee
Sir William Douglas, 1st Baronet (died 1809) was a Scottish landowner and industrialist, best known for founding the planned town of Castle Douglas in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright (now within Dumfries and Galloway), south-west Scotland. He began life as a humble pedlar but soon became wealthy from dealings in an unspecified 'American trade'.
The Robinson's had a country home in the Catskills, in the style of a Scottish Castle, in Jordanville, New York that was known as Henderson House and modeled after Sir William Douglas' Gelston Castle in Scotland. [13] Henderson House was a 5,000-acre plot of a 15,000-acre grant from Queen Anne to Fanny's 2x great-grandfather, James Henderson. [2]
Robinson, who was born at the Roosevelt House at 28 East 20th Street in New York City, had her own home in New York City at 147 East 61st Street, as well as a country home called Gelston Castle in Mohawk near Jordanville, New York where she cultivated her interest in flowers. [2]