Otto Hillig Castle, Liberty, NY

Built by hand out of local river stones, Otto Hillig's Castle in Liberty, NY

[@annlioio2672]

Rode our horses up there many years ago, quite the trail ride and view!

[@barbarakelly4671]

Good job ,Nick!

[@BrandieBushwitz]

I still can't believe as kids we climbed that mountain to investigate the castle. That was 50 years ago

[@robertvazquez8706]

Where in liberty is it located I'm looking on Google maps

[@jimshulman9221]

My father grew up in Liberty, and said that the kids in the neighborhood claimed Hillig had a special radio transmitter in the tower for communicating with Germany! Perfect myth for the Buck Rogers era. Hillig was an excellent photographer (owned a photo studio in town), and made hundreds of post cards of Liberty and the environs from the teens and twenties. One of my great regrets is not buying, circa 1980, a framed collection of his photos (with annotations) documenting a 1916 cross-country trip in his Buick touring car!

[@seisenbe]

Was/is your father Art?

[@jimshulman9221]

@@seisenbe Yes!

[@seisenbe]

@@jimshulman9221 My Dad and your Dad were good friends and classmates!

[@jimshulman9221]

@@seisenbe I remember your parents well--they were lovely folks. I think I might have a snapshot of them circa 1960 in an old photo album, horsing around in some funny pose

[@seisenbe]

@@jimshulman9221 can you email me or Facebook friend me?

[@kevinoriol]

wow, seriously beautiful.

[@messypotamia]

I lived on Swinging Bridge in the 60's and on a clear day out on the lake looking north you could make out the tower. A few years later while home on leave (early 70's) I drove up to it; I don't remember if I went inside or not. I'm living in Germany now and saw something that reminded me of that occasional wondrous view from my lake when I was a little boy.

[@grapsorz]

is someone restoring it now?

[@ChazR25]

Awesome video. Do you by chance have the coordinates or some way I can find this on Google earth? I was enchanted by this place as a kid driving to my Grandma's house in Monticello. It faded from view as the years passed by the growing pines.

[@geraldunger5469]

I grew up in this area, could always see the tower from the Dairy Queen, my Dad who graduated Liberty High always warned us against going up there. On my last trip home, it would appear that the tower has finally given way and collapsed. So much has changed, its true you can never go back.

[@herblevinson7133]

We're you on the Liberty Hight School wrestling team. I was there in 1951-52 and lived in White Sulphur Springs. I played around with many of kids in town.. Walter Costello Richy Leroy.

[@Skunkola]

Hey what's the piano music here? It's good.

[@lesley.garzon]

Where is this place located?

[@seisenbe]

Liberty, NY,

[@trinitylimerock]

Can anybody else remember the white stones on the Route 17 side that spelled "Liberty"? I tried to pick out in the video where they were, but wasn't successful. Geoff Brown

[@MoeRubenzahl]

+trinitychurch There is one photo in this video that shows LIBERTY in white; I presume that's what you want to see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYHLg6eObb-AiZo

[@jaydee9721]

They were in front of the castle facing old Rt. 17 and the N.Y.O.7.W RR. Hillig also had red neon lights on the top of his castle's tower.