By Robert Cumming with Elizabeth Normen (c) Connecticut Explored, Inc. Spring 2015  Subscribe/Buy the Issue! Hartford-born William Gillette found fame and fortune as an actor in the early 20th century. He portrayed Arthur Conan Doyle’s master sleuth Sherlock Holmes 1,300 times on stage and screen between 1899 and 1935, and he profoundly influenced the presentation … Continue reading Gillette Castle: Home of Connecticut’s Sherlock Holmes