Description: Thousand Islands, NEW YORK: - Heart Island - Boldt Castle Power House -1912: Boldt Castle, located on Heart Island in the Thousand Islands of the Saint Lawrence River, along the northern border of the U.S. state of New York, is a major landmark and tourist attraction in the region. Heart Island is part of the Town of Alexandria, in Jefferson County. George Boldt, general manager of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City and manager of the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, and his family enjoyed an earlier frame cottage on Hart Island (the island's original name) for several summers, which they greatly expanded. In 1900, George Boldt launched an ambitious construction campaign to build a huge masonry structure, one of the largest private homes in America. He engaged the architectural firm G. W. & W. D. Hewitt and hundreds of workers for a six-story "castle" as a present to his wife. In addition, four other masonry structures on the island are architecturally notable. Equally distinctive is a huge yacht house on a neighboring island where the Boldt had another summer home and a vast estate, incorporating farms, canals, a golf course, tennis courts, stables, and a polo field. This Divided Back Era postcard, mailed in 1912, is in good condition. Pub. By. College Book Store. Kingston, Ont. No. 22916.
Price: 8.5 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Hewitt: Architects
Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Jefferson: County
Material: Paper
Year Manufactured: 1912
City: Thousand Islands
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: College Book Store
Subject: Boldt Castle Power House
Continent: North America
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Era: Divided Back (1907-1915)
Region: New York
Country: United States
Theme: Architecture, Cities & Towns, Landscapes, Technology, Tourism, Travel, Heart Island, Powerhouse, Electricity, Saint Lawrence River
Features: Panoramic
Alexandria: Town
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Posted
