Poet's Seat Tower - Greenfield, MA
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N 42° 35.679 W 072° 35.189
18T E 698015 N 4718626
Poet's Seat Tower is an Observation Tower located on on Rocky Mountain in Greenfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WM13PQE
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2021
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Poet's Seat Tower is a three story high observation sandstone tower with an internal stairway that was built in 1912 to replace a wooden tower built in 1873. It provides a scenic vista to the west. It is so named because of the poets that were drawn to the area of the tower for inspiration, in particular Greenfield poet Frederick Goddard Tuckerman who is responsible for naming the location "Poet's Seat".
A sign on the tower is inscribed:
POET'S SEAT TOWER
Built 1912
Refurbished 1977
Architect: Jerome R. Allen
Contractor: Peter Barber
Donated by Robert and Lena Peno
A sign on Poet's Seat was installed in honor of Frederick Goddard Tuckerman. The sign is inscribed:
FREDERICK TUCKERMAM
GODDARD 1821 - 1873
{Seal of the Town of Greenfield 1753}
THIS GREENFIELD RESIDENT WAS A GIFTED
SOLITARY POET MUCH ADMIRED BY EMERSON,
HAWTHORNE AND TENNYSON. SEEKING
SOLACE IN NATURE, HE WROTE VERSE AND
STUDIED NATURE IN GREENFIELD. THIS
TOWER BUILT IN 1912 REPLACED WOODEN
TOWER BUILT IN 1873.
SIGN DONATED BY GREENFIELD KIWANIS CLUB
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