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Schwartz Castle with its windowed turret towers above other buildings on South Third Street in German Village. The house was built in the mid-1880s by Frederick William Schwartz, a successful German businessman who owned an apothecary shop on Main Street. Schwartz built the castle for his fiancée, who was still... Read more

Schwartz Castle with its windowed turret towers above other buildings on South Third Street in German Village. The house was built in the mid-1880s by Frederick William Schwartz, a successful German businessman who owned an apothecary shop on Main Street. Schwartz built the castle for his fiancée, who was still in Germany, but before they could be married, she sent him a “Dear Frederick” letter. No wedding, and Schwartz was never the same. At least that is the legend, though it appears Schwartz was a happy confirmed bachelor who lived with his sister.
Supposedly, Schwartz spiraled downward, building secret passageways and allegedly five stories of basement in the house. But in truth, he was a man ahead of his time who lived an ultra healthy lifestyle. He became a vegetarian, drank only rainwater, grew his hair long, wore only wool against his skin, jogged barefoot 365 days a year, and sunbathed nude on the roof of the tower. His ladder is still visible in the tower, and legend has it, you can sometimes see his ghost climbing it there or in one of the second floor windows

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492 S 3rd St, Columbus, OH 43215, USA
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Franklin County

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