John Hays Hammond Castle
Hammond castle museum is a romantic pastiche of medieval and renaissance european architecture a passionate testament to the past where john hays hammond jr.
John hays hammond castle. The castle was built between 1926 and 1929 by an eccentric american inventor named john hays hammond jr. Designed the castle which boasts vaulted ceilings and a courtyard modeled after what would become the isabella stewart gardner museum in the 1920s as a gift. Built the castle of his dreams in gloucester whats a medieval castle doing on the north shore. Hammond castle is a medieval style castle located in the fishing village of gloucester.
Hammond who was a protege of alexander graham bell and thomas edison is known as the father of radio control because of his groundbreaking work with radio waves. With ruff ruffman in season one. Property eccentric inventor john hays hammond jr. The building is composed of modern and 15th 16th and 18th century architectural elements and sits on a rocky cliff overlooking gloucester harbor.
Admission 50 a stone castle in medieval style in the magnolia section of gloucester overlooks the sea. On history of hammond castle. John hays hammond jr. John hays hammond 31 march 1855 8 june 1936 was an american mining engineer diplomat and philanthropistknown as the man with the midas touch he amassed a sizable fortune before the age of 40an early advocate of deep mining hammond was given complete charge of cecil rhodes mines in south africa and made each undertaking a financial success.
The castle housed not only his elaborate collection of ancient artifacts but also served as a laboratory where he and his team which included scientist andrija puharich conducted various telepathic experiments in the early 1950s. On john hammond jrstelepathic experiments at hammond castle. By jacqueline houton 8222019 900 am. His castle was investigated by taps in 2012 for paranormal activity and this was shown on the tv show ghost hunters.
Tours under guide at 9 10 and 11. He was an inventor who was a pioneer in the study of remote control and held over four hundred patents. Was a wealthy american inventor and owner of hammond castle in gloucester. The show has been adapted around the life of john.
The castle which was constructed between 1926 and 1929 was the home and laboratory of john hays hammond jr. Hammond castle is located on the atlantic coast in the magnolia area of gloucester massachusetts. Hammond castle was also featured on the pbs reality show fetch. Open june 1 october 1 on weekday mornings only.
And his castle museum. Foresaw the technological future. The prolific inventor built the massive dwelling with its flying buttresses drawbridge cloister courtyard and bell tower perched on gloucesters rocky atlantic coast in the late 1920s.