Chickatawbut Observation Tower Explained

Chickatawbut Observation Tower
Location:Chickatawbut Rd., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.2251°N -71.0607°W
Added:September 25, 1980
Refnum:80000652

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

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.[1] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Great Blue Hill Self Guided Trail Brochure. Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. 2009-10-28.