Frenchman's Tower - Palo Alto, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
N 37° 23.766 W 122° 09.716
10S E 574180 N 4139144
Frenchman's Tower is is the lone structure of a French man's homestead.
Waymark Code: WM934M
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member gparkes
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Peter Coutts arrived in Mayfield (now Palo Alto) in 1874 with his family. The mysterious man built the tower and the other building on his farm. They say the tower was used as a reservoir. Today it sits on private property, though it can be viewed and approached from Old Page Mill Road (be careful with the barbed wire that hugs the tower). In the past, the towers windows have been bricked up.
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