What is Dark Island Castle?
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Dark Island Castle is a summer retreat on
Dark Island, one of the
Thousand Islands. The prominent American architect
Ernest Flagg designed it for
Frederick Gilbert Bourne, president of the Singer Manufacturing Company (now the
Singer Corporation), producer of the Singer Sewing Machine. Dark Island Castle was the last of several "castles" built at the Thousand Islands during a brief interval (1888-1905) and was undertaken as larger
Boldt Castle was nearing completion. The architect modeled the stone structure, planned in 1903, on Scottish models described in novels of Sir
Walter Scott. It was listed for sale in the late-1980s and early-1990s, through such high-end real estate magazines such as
Unique Homes with suggestions that it be a "private residence, corporate retreat or hunting lodge"; the price was reduced considerably over that time until acquired for public exhibition. For a period called "Jorstadt Castle" and now called "
Singer Castle," the property is open to the public for guided tours during the summer months. It is accessible by commercial tour boats departing from nearby communities.
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