George Boldt was a Prussian immigrant At the age of 13, George started working in hotel kitchens and worked his way up to manager of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in new york city and owner of Bellevue-Stradford hotel in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
George and his wife loved the thousand island in new york state and dreamed of building a castle together so they bought Hart Island later changing the spelling to Heart Island Boldt Castle was built between 1900 and 1904 The castle was going to be a gift to Boldt’s wife Louise but construction stopped after her passing. George never returned to Heart Island but spent summers for the rest of his life in the thousand islands. Boldt passed away in 1913 The island cost George 20k to build the castle cost 2.5M (68m in today’s money) The island sat for 73 years till the Thousand Island Bridge Authority bought the island in 1977 for $! With the agreement that all proceeds would go to renovations so far, they have spent $15m on renovating the castle
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