Paterno Castle (New York City)

Paterno Castle was an estate in the Hudson Heights section of the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City which featured a Neo-Gothic mansion built in 1905 and based on a European castle. It was owned by its namesake, the real estate developer and philanthropist, Dr. Charles V. Paterno. The castle cost more than half a million dollars to build. The interior featured a cellar dedicated to raising mushrooms and a swimming pool which employed filtered water from the nearby Hudson River, while, the grounds featured Italian gardens and pergolas.

The castle and most of the rest of the estate was razed in 1938 by Paterno in order to erect the "Castle Village" complex of co-operative apartments.