This article is about a structure in Winterset, Iowa

Winterset, Iowa

Winterset is a city in Madison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,768 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Madison County....

. For the building commonly called Clark Tower in Memphis, Tennessee, see Clark Tower Executive Suites

Clark Tower Executive Suites

This article is about an office building in Memphis, Tennessee. For information about the castle-like structure in Winterset, Iowa, see Clark TowerClark Tower is a 34-story high-rise office building in eastern Memphis, Tennessee. It was completed in 1972...

Clark Tower is a castle

Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

-like limestone tower located in Winterset City Park

Winterset City Park

Winterset City Park is a public, city-owned park in Winterset, Iowa.The park contains one of Madison County, Iowa's famed covered bridges and a stone bridge there was used in the movie The Bridges of Madison County...

 in Winterset, Iowa

Winterset, Iowa

Winterset is a city in Madison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,768 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Madison County....

, USA. It was erected in 1926, on the eightieth anniversary of the founding of Madison County, in memory of Caleb Clark, a stonemason who was the first white settler of Madison County, and his wife Ruth Clanton Clark. The tower stands at a height of 25 feet.

External links

• Description and history of the tower
• Madison County's official brief on the tower
• Satellite image of the tower from Google Maps