Chickatawbut Observation Tower
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The Chickatawbut Observation Tower is a historic tower on Chickatawbut Road in Quincy, Massachusetts
.
Unlike Great Blue Hill Observation Tower, a similar tower at the opposite end of the Blue Hills Reservation
, Chickatawbut tower is not open to the public. Although its National Register of Historic Places listing gives a 1930 date, the tower was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps
, which wasn't founded until 1933.
Chickatawbut
was a sachem
of the Wampanoag Indian tribe who was active in the area in the 17th century.
The tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1980.
Quincy, Massachusetts
Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Its nicknames are "City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council...
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Unlike Great Blue Hill Observation Tower, a similar tower at the opposite end of the Blue Hills Reservation
Blue Hills Reservation
Blue Hills Reservation is a state park in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, it extends into Milton, Quincy, Braintree, Canton, Randolph, and Dedham south of Boston.-Description:...
, Chickatawbut tower is not open to the public. Although its National Register of Historic Places listing gives a 1930 date, the tower was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D...
, which wasn't founded until 1933.
Chickatawbut
Chickatawbut
Chickatawbut was the sachem, or leader, of a large group of indigenous people of what is now eastern Massachusetts, United States known as the Massachusett tribe, during the initial period of English settlement in the region in the early seventeenth century. Chickatawbut maintained a base at a...
was a sachem
Sachem
A sachem[p] or sagamore is a paramount chief among the Algonquians or other northeast American tribes. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms from different Eastern Algonquian languages...
of the Wampanoag Indian tribe who was active in the area in the 17th century.
The tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1980.