John Hays Hammond, Jr. and his Castle Museum |
John Hays Hammond, Jr. and his Castle Museum |
"THE HAMMOND MUSEUM (open June 1 - October 1 on weekday mornings only; tours under guide at 9, 10, and 11; admission 50¢) a stone castle in medieval style in the Magnolia section [of Gloucester], overlooks the sea. It contains a picture gallery, rare old furniture, wood carvings, and sculpture collected and arranged by John Hays Hammond, Jr." ________________________________________________ original entry in the WPA GUIDE TO MASSACHUSETTS Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1937 |
"In Gloucester, Massachusetts, a couple of miles before the 'Down to the Sea in Ships'
statue and the fish-stick factory that uses the statue as a trademark, on
a quiet country road lies Hammond Castle.…The castle itself was hardly visible
since it sat on a lower bank between the ocean and the trees. It had been built
between 1926 and 1929 by inventor John Hays Hammond, Jr., as a home for both
his new bride and his medieval art collection." _______________________________________________________ John Dandola, WIND OF TIME Compass Point Mysteries Glen Ridge, New Jersey, 2000 |
"My ambition is to leave a modest, but beautiful, museum.…I want only an authentic
atmosphere, some furniture, and genuine architectural pieces -- doors, windows,
etc. In cold restrained New England, a place with the romantic beauty of the
Italian and French past may prove the inspiration of many poor artists and students
to come. It will give them something that I have been fortunate enough to
know and enjoy. I also gives me satisfaction to think that I may be able to produce
something of lasting worth." _________________________________________________________________ John Hays Hammond, Jr. in a 1924 letter to his father |
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