Misunderstood: Ladd's Addition had a Castle

When I first moved to town in 2000, I was fascinated with Ladd's Addition. I spent a few months believing - I have no clue how I came to this idea - that there had originally been a castle or a fort or an outpost that had existed in the middle of Ladd's Circle. I thought that Ladd's Addition had been built around whatever structure had been in the middle of Ladd's Circle.

The truth: Ladd's Addition is a residential neighborhood designed by William S. Ladd. There was never a castle in the middle of Ladd's Circle.