Belvedere Castle

Belvedere Castle
General information
Architectural style	Hybrid of Gothic and Romanesque
Coordinates	40°46′46″N 73°58′09″W
Construction started	1867
Completed	1869
Design and construction
Architect	Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

Belvedere Castle is a folly (decorative building) located in New York City's Central Park. It is now Central Park's official weather station.

Belvedere Castle was designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould in 1867.

Further readings

• Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow. Rebuilding Central Park: A Management and Restoration Plan (1987). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press for the Central Park Conservancy. ISBN 9780262181273. OCLC 14586688.

Belvedere Castle Media

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  The tower in February 2005; note the anemometer and wind vane on the top; these instruments record the official wind speed and direction for Central Park

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  The remainder of the current weather station for Central Park is located in the wooded area immediately south of the castle, protected by a chain link fence topped with barbed wire

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  Mould's bronze cockatrice, part of a transom over a doorway of the Castle in 2004

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  Belvedere Castle, Central Park

Other websites

• Official website