This island on the Hudson River in New York has been the subject of legend and wild rumors since earliest times. Some Indian tribes believed it haunted and refused to set foot on it. Pollepel Island is sometimes referred to as Bannerman's Island.
The principal feature on the island is Bannerman's Castle, an abandoned military surplus warehouse.[1] It was built in the style of a castle by businessman Francis Bannerman VI. It remains one of a very small number of structures in the United States which can properly be called a castle.
Bannerman's Castle is located on Bannerman's Island in the Hudson River, a few miles south of the Beacon-Newburgh Bridge. The castle was built as a weapons arsenal by Francis Bannerman VI, a businessman who dealt in military surplus from the Spanish-American war. Today, the island is owned by Hudson Highlands State Park.
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