Williams Castle

Built 1807-1811, it was named in honour of Colonel Jonathan Williams, who at the time was the superintendent of West Point and chief engineer of the U.S. Army.

The walls are made of red sandstone eight feet thick and rise to a height of 40 feet. Twenty-seven French 35-pounder cannons lined the lower tier, and thirty-nine 20-pounders lined the second tier. It was also used as a fort, then as a prison by the U.S. Army from the Civil War until 1966. During World War 1, Walt Disney was imprisoned in the Castle Williams Stockade for being absent without leave. Then during World War 2, Rocky Graziano served time in the Castle Williams Stockade for being absent without leave.