Haystack Mountain Tower

Haystack Mountain Tower
Location 43 North St., Norfolk, Connecticut
Coordinates 42°0′17″N 73°12′31″W / 42.00472°N 73.20861°W / 42.00472; -73.20861Coordinates: 42°0′17″N 73°12′31″W / 42.00472°N 73.20861°W / 42.00472; -73.20861
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1929
Architect Rossiter & Muller
Architectural style Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Jacobean Revival
NRHP Reference # 93001244[1]
Added to NRHP December 2, 1993

The Haystack Mountain Tower in Norfolk, Connecticut is a stone tower on Haystack Mountain designed by Ehrick K. Rossiter of Rossiter & Muller. It was built in 1929 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1] It is a 34-foot (10 m) high tower at the summit of the 1,716 feet (523 m) elevation mountain, which provides expansive views of three states, and Long Island Sound.[2] It cost approximately $50,000 and was made from stone cut from the mountain. It was donated by Mrs. Ellen Battell Stoeckel, in memory of Carl Stoeckel.[3]

It is a 50 foot high tower with a 22 foot diameter, built primarily of dark grey granite that was quarried at the site.[4]

Inside the tower

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Haystack Mountain State Park".
  3. ↑ Citizen Reader, "Haystack Mountain," The Hartford Courent, 1929
  4. ↑ David F. Ransom (June 1, 9993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Haystack Mountain Tower" (PDF). National Park Service. Check date values in: |date= (help) and Accompanying 7 photos, from 1993 (see captions page 9 of text document)

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