E kipa aku i kēia hiku, kahi hilinaʻiʻo Historicut
ʻO ka hale kau mua o ka mea hoʻokaniʻo William Gillette e hoʻolaha ana i nā malihini ki Gillette Castle, aʻo ia nei kahi o nā moku'āina hoʻokipa nui o Connecticut.
Ua hānauʻiaʻo Gillette ma Hartford i 1853 a ua iho maiʻo ia mai ke kahua hoʻokumu o ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Thomas Hooker . ʻAʻole i kākoʻo konaʻohana i konaʻimiʻana i kaʻoihanaʻoihana, akā ua heleʻo ia e hana i kāna pono pono'ī, e hana a hoʻokani i nā pāʻani.
ʻO Gillette inoa kiʻekiʻe, iʻike nuiʻia no kāna hōʻikeʻana iā Sherlock Holmes,ʻike muaʻo ia i kahi e kūkulu aiʻo ia i kona hale kākela ma luna o ka moku holo i ke awaʻo Connecticut i ka makahiki 1912.
ʻO Gillette Castle, i kūkuluʻia ma kahi lilo o $ 1 miliona a hoʻopauʻia i ka makahiki 1919, e hōʻike ana i kekahi mau mea likeʻole me nā'ōmole hūnāʻia, kahi kī paʻa i ka laka a me nā kīpili puka lima, i nā puka puka puka he 47;ʻaʻoleʻelua . No ka nānāʻana i loko o kēia hoʻolālā o nā au kahiko, e hui pū me aʻu ma kahi kiʻi kiʻi .
I ka makeʻana o Gillette i ka makahiki 1937, ua koiʻo ia i ka hale o ka pākaua āna i kūkulu ai,ʻaʻoleʻo ia e hāʻule i "kekahi o nāʻelele o nā aliʻi iʻikeʻole i kona wahi a me ka mea e hoʻopuni nei." Ua loaʻa i ka moku'āina o Connecticut ka waiwai kūʻai 200-acre i ka makahiki 1943, a ua lilo ia i hale pālahalaha a me kekahi o nāʻoihana kaulana loa a me nā meaʻoluʻolu o Connecticut mai ia manawa mai. I ka makahiki 2002, heʻehā mau makahiki, ua hoʻopauʻia ka $ 11.5 miliona no ka hoʻoponopono hou. ʻOiai ka hale kākela ka mea nui eʻimiʻia, heʻano kupaianaha ka pā, e hoʻolaha ana i nā hiʻohiʻona kahawai a me nā manawa e hele ai i ka holoʻana a me ka panaʻana.
E kipa iā Gillette Castle
Kahi a me nā kuhikuhiʻana ... Gillte Castle ma ke kahawai 67ʻo East Haddam, Connecticut 06423. Mai Ke alanui 9 North a iʻole hema, e lawe i ka 7 o ka Alanui 82. E hele i ke alanui 82 East ma Goodspeed Landing, ae makaʻala no nā hōʻailona e kuhikuhi iāʻoe i ka pā. ʻAʻole kaʻawale ka kaʻa kaʻa.
Ke hola a me kaʻaeʻana ... Ke weheʻia neiʻo Gillette Castle State Park mai ka hola 8 a hiki i ka holoʻana o ka lā.
Hoʻomākaukau mauʻia nā huakaʻi alakaʻi hale alakaʻi mai ka hola 11 a hiki i ka 5 pm'Apana a hiki i ka Lāpule (kūʻai kūʻaiʻana i 4:30 pm) mai ka Lāpule Palaniʻana a hiki i ka Lāpule o ka lā Lā Hana . ʻOiai ua hoʻokuʻuʻia ka pā kula, ua ukuʻia he $ 6 no nā makahiki he 13 aʻoi aku a $ 2 no nā keiki i piha i ka makahiki 6 a hiki i ka 12 a hiki i ka hale kākela e like me ka 2016. E hoʻokomoʻia nā keiki 5 a me lalo. E kāhea i mua e hana i nā hoʻoponopono kūikawā ināʻoe e lawe mai i kahi hui.
Nearby Lodgings ... Hōʻike i nā mea a me nā hōʻike no nā hotels a me nā hale hoʻokipa kokoke i Gillette Castle me ka TripAdvisor.
Ka Puʻuwaʻi ma Gillette Castle ... ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe ke hiamoe i loko o Gillte Castle, akā ināʻoe e hoe nei i ka River Connecticut i ka waʻa a iʻole ka kayak, hiki iāʻoe ke mālama i kahi hoʻomoana ma Gillette Castle State Park mai ka lā 1 o Mei a hiki i ka lā 30 o Kepakemapa. ʻaʻohe mea kūpono e pili ana i kēia mau kauhale kūʻokoʻa, a he mau keʻena lepo a me nā kapuahi e like me ko lākou mau pono. He palena wale nō nā wahi i ka pō hoʻokahi, pono e hoʻounaʻia kāu noi no kahi palapala hoʻolālā heʻelua wiki i mua. Ma kaʻaoʻao'ālohilohi, he mea kūʻai ke kahua hoʻomoana: hoʻokahi $ 5 i kēlā me kēia kanaka, no ka pō.
Hōʻaleʻa Loa Loa ma Gillette Castle: makemakeʻoe eʻike i ka hale kākela o Connecticut i hoʻonaniʻia no nā lā?
Hāʻawi houʻo Gillette Castle i nā hopena pule wale nō, i ka hopena o Nowemapa a hiki i ka hopena o Dekemaba, no ka hoʻomahaʻana i ka wā hoʻomaha. 2016 mau mea i hōʻikeʻoleʻia.
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