<h3>攝影原創(chuàng)、文字及編輯：極望 G.WANG</h3><h3>Photo, Story and Text editing by G.WANG</h3><div>··········································································</div> <h3><b>The Story of the Van Slyke Castle</b></h3> <h3>The Van Slyke Castle is an abandoned castle in Oakland, New Jersey. The ruins stand 350 feet above Ramapo Lake on Fox Mountain. The castle point has a very good scenic view over the lakes and surrounding mountains, and New York City can also be seen in clear weather. </h3> <h3>The history of the Van Slyke Castle revolves largely around Ruth A. Coles and her husbands. Coles was a nurse who had the good fortune to care for Charles E. Halliwell, a captain of industry in New York. She became his second wife in the fall of 1906. He died a year later leaving her one and a half million dollars, a large fortune in those days. </h3> <h3>In 1909, Coles married William Porter, a stockbroker and close friend of her former husband. At that time, Porter was building this summer house on Fox Mountain above Le Grande Lake, which he called "Foxcroft". Porter died in an automobile accident two years later before he could realize his development of the former Rogers' tract. </h3> <h3>In 1913, Coles married her third husband, Warren C Van Slyke, an attorney. He was an assistant to the chief of naval intelligence in World War 1, and later argued the claims resulting from the sinking of the Lusitania. They lived near Jamaica, Long Island, and used this place in the summer time. After Mr. Van Slyke's death in 1925, his widow lived all year around at Foxcroft. She died in 1940 at the age of 63. Foxcroft was left to her family, who promptly sold it. </h3> <h3>In the early 1950's Foxcroft became involved in a bitter divorce of the new owner and was not used since then. Soon after a few years of vacancy, vandals broke in and finally torched the mansion in 1959.</h3> <h3>··········································································</h3><div><br></div><div>Copyright ? 極望 G.WANG</div><div>[極望影像?G.WANG IMAGE]</div><div>美篇: http://a.ivwen.com/c/772387</div><div>美篇ID: 772387</div><div>微信ID: gwangimage</div><div><br></div><div>歡迎原件分享、轉發(fā)。 如需另作它用請微信聯(lián)系告知作者，并注明作者及出處。 謝謝！</div>