A Day In Castle Garden

In 1872, Louis Bagger recorded his impressions of walking through Castle Garden.

"Trinity Church and the new magnificent 'Equitable Building' on the corner of Cedar Street seemed to be special objects of attention. I heard a German woman say of the latter building, 'Des muss der Plast sein,' an opinion that seemed to be instantly shared by her companions. ..."

"In the good old times, when this pile was built for a castle, it must have answered its purpose pretty well; the walls are at least fully six feet thick, and built of heavy square blocks of brown stone, closely cemented. The old nail-studded gates of the fort are never closed now, a lighter and smaller gate having been made to supersede them."

This article is a brief excerpt from Die Pommerschen Leute (The Pomeranian People), a quarterly newsletter designed for people who have an interest in Pomeranian ancestry. Click here for more information.