The Chickatawbut Observation Tower is a historic tower on Chickatawbut Road in Quincy, Massachusetts, in the Blue Hill Reservation, a Massachusetts state park.
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| Location | Chickatawbut Rd., Quincy, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°13′30.2″N 71°3′38.5″W / 42.225056°N 71.060694°W |
| 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]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Great Blue Hill Self Guided Trail Brochure" (PDF). Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. October 28, 2009.
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