Smyth Tower
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 Smyth Tower (2012) |
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| location | Manchester , Hillsborough County , New Hampshire . | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 0 '43.1 " N , 71 ° 26' 31.7" W | ||
| Built | 1888 | ||
| architect | Frederick Smyth | ||
| NRHP number | 78000215 | ||
| The NRHP added | July 24, 1978 | ||
The Smyth Tower is a folly in Manchester in Hillsborough County , New Hampshire . The tower was built by the politician and former Governor of New Hampshire , Frederick Smyth , in 1888 and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978 .
The Smyth Tower is a replica of a lookout tower in Scotland that Smyth encountered on a trip to Europe. The Folly, built from local granite and stone with a cellar, is a little over 12 m high and has an outer diameter of 8.50 m. The walls are 0.6 m thick. The three-story tower, with a crenellated observation deck , originally stood in the park of a larger Smyth estate called The Willows , which was demolished in the 20th century. The widow of Smyth bequeathed the building to the City of Manchester. From November 1938 to June 1939, the Works Progress Administration carried out renovations to the Folly. The Smyth Tower is the only surviving structure owned by Smyth and now stands on the site of a hospital owned by the Department of War Veterans .
literature
- Leslie SF Brown: National Register of Historic Places: Nomination Form; here: Smyth Tower. In: National Register Information System. National Park Service September 1977, accessed November 12, 2018 (666 KB).
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^ Leslie SF Brown: National Register of Historic Places: Nomination Form; here: Smyth Tower. S. 5.
Smyth Tower in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 12, 2018. - ^ Leslie SF Brown: National Register of Historic Places: Nomination Form; here: Smyth Tower. P. 2, 5.