As a child, wasn’t it a dream of yours to live or, at least, hang out in a castle and pretend you were a princess or prince? Well some students over the past century or so have been able to do just that! Fonthill Castle has stood in the Bronx since the 1800s, but it’s now being redesigned by TRA Studios.
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Back in 1852, the castle was built for Shakespearean actor, Edwin Forrest, who then sold the lot it sat on to the Sisters of Charity of New York. The Sisters relocated their school, the Academy of Mount Saint Verno, to the Bronx when the construction of Central Park forced them to leave Manhattan.
The castle, which has been part of the College of Mount Saint Vernon’s campus since, will be reconstructed to allow the space to be used for exhibitions and events. The ultimate goal of the redesign is to assert the castle as a main hub for students and visitors to socialize and connect. The plan is to have the project completed within the next year.
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