The castle is a blast. Hammond was rich, imaginative and capable. On a steep slope of Gloucester waterfront, he built a castle complete with towers, drawbridge, great hall and secret passages. To the end of the great hall, he attached pieces of a medieval town, including the front of a bakery, a butcher and a church around a covered courtyard with a pool. The house construction includes floors, fireplaces, walls, ceilings, organs, bookcases, medieval stain glass windows and other stuff he and his wife collected with their abundant wealth and mutual love of art and history. The dining room has an authentic French ceiling, German walls and an Italian Floor. One of the bedrooms has a floor that was in the Columbus family and a secret passage in the back of the corner daybed connected to the basement. During their lifetime Hammond and his wife opened the house as a museum and it is full of their amazing stuff gathered to bursting in a disorganized clutter that is fun and inspiring.