- City:
- Medford, MA
- Site Type:
- Fire Lookouts, Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Wright’s Tower is an observation tower constructed in 1937 under the direction of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It is located at the summit of Pine Hill within the Middlesex Fells Reservation. The Reservation is spread across several towns just north of Boston, MA with Wright’s Tower being located in Medford, MA. Note that there was a major refurbishment of the tower in 2008.
Source notes
Middlesex Fells website mentions that the tower was a WPA project: https://www.friendsofthefells.org/wrights-tower/
Site originally submitted by Dana Smith on October 16, 2017.
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