The Times of India
Shreya Biswas
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He promised his 3-year-old son a castle in 1978. Decades later, he built Highlands Castle on a New York mountaintop
A promise made to his three-year-old son in 1978 led John Lavender II to buy a mountaintop in New York and spend decades building Highlands Castle. With help from family, friends and workers, he turned the property into a castle overlooking Lake George, which…
A three-year-old boy probably had little idea what his father meant when he promised to build him a castle. But John Lavender II kept his word. What began as a reassurance to his son in 1978 eventual… [+4161 chars]
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