Chickatawbut Observation Tower

The Chickatawbut Observation Tower is a historic tower on Chickatawbut Road in Quincy, Massachusetts, in the Blue Hill Reservation, a Massachusetts state park.

Chickatawbut Observation Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Chickatawbut Rd., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°13′30.2″N 71°3′38.5″W / 42.225056°N 71.060694°W / 42.225056; -71.060694Coordinates: 42°13′30.2″N 71°3′38.5″W / 42.225056°N 71.060694°W / 42.225056; -71.060694
MPS	Blue Hills and Neponset River Reservations MRA
NRHP reference No.	80000652 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 25, 1980

Unlike Great Blue Hill Observation Tower, a similar tower at the opposite end of the reservation, Chickatawbut tower is not open to the public. The tower was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.^[2] It is named for Chickatawbut, who was a 17th-century sachem of the Massachusett Indian tribe.

The tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Quincy, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Great Blue Hill Self Guided Trail Brochure" (PDF). Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. 2009-10-28.

 

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