Scargo Tower - Dennis, MA - Wikipedia Entries on Waymarking.com

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This 30-foot cobblestone look-out tower was constructed in 1902, replacing two wooden towers that had been destroyed. A spiral staircase leads to the top granting vistas looking north over the villages of South Dennis and beyond to the tip of Cape Cod.

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At the foot of the hill is the beautiful Scargo Lake which has a public beach and on the north shore an old burial ground for the Nobscussett Tribe.

There is good access to the tower via a paved road and parking for about twenty cars.

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THIS TOWER AND HILLTOP
WERE GIVEN TO THE TOWN IN 1929
AS A MEMORIAL TO
CHARLES TOBEY 1831 - 1888
AND
FRANCIS BASSETT TOBEY 1833 - 1913
LOYAL SONS OF THE VILLAGE OF DENNIS
WHERE THEIR TOBEY ANCESTORS SETTLED
IN 1678
The Dennis Historical Society offers the following information about this look-out tower:

"Scargo Tower began as a tourist observatory in 1874. Made of wood, it was destroyed in a gale two years later. Rebuilt again of wood, it burned in 1900. the present cobblestone tower opened in 1902. The 30 foot high tower is located atop the highest hill in the mid-Cape. Indian legends tell of the making of both Scargo Hill and Scargo Lake. Views may be seen of the entire lower cape to Provincetown, and as far west as Plymouth."

Also for reference see Wikipedia: Scargo Tower.

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