Wikipedia tidbits about the Tower:

1. •Designed by Smith and Bassette to survive 100 MPH winds, and built by T. R. Fox and Son in 1914.
   

2. •Summer home and retreat of Gilbert Heublein, modeled after his native homeland of Bavaria.
   

3. •165 feet tall and situated 1,000 ft. now managed by State of Connecticut Dept of Energy & Environmental Protection
   

4. •Unparalleled view of the Farmington Valley, West Hartford and the Hartford skyline after breathtaking climb up to the tower.
   

5. •Where the Republican Party asked General Dwight Eisenhower to run for president.
   

6. •From 1948 to 1950, WTHT, an FM station operated by The Harford Times, used the tower as its antenna site.

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