Great Blue Hill Observation Tower

Great Blue Hill Observation Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Milton, Milton, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°12′48.5″N 71°6′44.5″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1933-34
MPS	Blue Hills and Neponset River Reservations MRA
NRHP reference No.	80000661
Added to NRHP	September 25, 1980

The Great Blue Hill Observation Tower, known locally as Eliot Tower, a 35-foot-tall (11 m) stone structure, was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Its rubble stone base is joined to that of the bridge and the two appear now to have been built together. The tower offers view over about 270°, including all of Boston, Boston Harbor, and much of the South Shore. The tower is in neighborhood to the Eliot Memorial Bridge, near the 635-foot (194 m) summit of Great Blue Hill, a few hundred yards from and a little below the Great Blue Hill Weather Observatory, which is at the top of the mountain. The view from the observation tower toward the Observatory and its forest of radio, TV, and microwave antennas, is obscured by trees. The tower were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Milton, Massachusetts