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Lambert Castle, originally called Belle Vista, is located within the Garret Mountain Reservation in Paterson, Passaic County,
Lambert Castle was built in 1892 as the home of Catholina Lambert, the owner of a prominent silk mill in the City of Paterson. Constructed in the Medieval Revival architectural style, Mr. Lambert's dream was to build a home reminiscent of the castles in
File:Lambert Castle, Paterson, NJ - entrance lions.jpg, Marble lion statues by the entrance
File:Lambert Tower, Garret Mountain Reservation, NJ.jpg, Lambert Tower on the mountain crest
Lambert Castle Museum
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. The building was built in 1892 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places
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on June 3, 1976, for its significance in art, architecture, and industry. With
History
Lambert Castle was built in 1892 as the home of Catholina Lambert, the owner of a prominent silk mill in the City of Paterson. Constructed in the Medieval Revival architectural style, Mr. Lambert's dream was to build a home reminiscent of the castles in Great Britain
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that he remembered from his boyhood years. President William McKinley
William McKinley (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until Assassination of William McKinley, his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Repub ...
and Vice President Garret Hobart visited the castle in 1898.
In June 1910, filmmaker D. W. Griffith shot ''The Call To Arms'' on the grounds. The film was released in July 1910. The cast included Mary Pickford (in her only male role) and Henry B. Walthall. Film Preservation Society, Inc. is currently restoring the film as part of The Biograph Project.''When The Movies Were Young'', Linda Arvidson, January 1, 1925
After Lambert's death in 1923, his family sold the building to the City of Paterson, which in turn sold it to Passaic County a few years later. Passaic County used the building for administrative offices, and in 1936, provided one room to the fledgling Passaic County Historical Society to serve as its historical museum. As time went by the museum grew, room by room, until the entire first floor became the historical museum.
In the late 1990s, the Castle underwent a multimillion-dollar restoration and all four floors of the building were developed into a museum and library.https://iwiki.net/Lambert_Castle Accessed April 29, 2010.
Construction
Construction began on the castle in 1891. The castle was built on the side of the First Watchung Mountain out of sandstone and granite. The sandstone was quarried from the surrounding hills. The initial construction cost was estimated at a half a million dollars. In 1896, an art gallery was added to the castle and a 70-foot observation tower was constructed on the crest of the cliff. The gallery wing fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1936. The observation tower was open to the public until the late 1960s when it was closed due to disrepair. In 2014 the Garret Rock Observation tower renovations were completed and the observation tower was reopened to the public. Admission to the tower is free with panoramic views available from the top.Gallery
See also
* Great Falls (Passaic River) *National Register of Historic Places listings in Passaic County, New Jersey
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Passaic County, New Jersey
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* List of museums in New Jersey
References
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Lambert Castle Museum
- official site {{NRHP in Passaic County, New Jersey Buildings and structures in Paterson, New Jersey Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Houses completed in 1892 Houses in Passaic County, New Jersey Historic house museums in New Jersey Museums in Passaic County, New Jersey Watchung Mountains National Register of Historic Places in Passaic County, New Jersey Stone houses in New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places 1892 establishments in New Jersey