Smyth Tower, Manchester

Name: Smyth Tower
Address: Manchester, United States

#22 among attractions in Manchester

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The Smyth Tower is a folly located on the grounds of the Manchester VA Medical Center at 718 Smyth Road in Manchester, New Hampshire. The fieldstone tower was built in 1888 by Frederick Smyth, and is the only surviving architectural structure related to his life. Smyth served as Governor of New Hampshire in 1865-67, and was an active promoter of veterans' issues in the post-Civil War period. The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. ()

Built: 1888 (136 years ago)Coordinates: 43°0'43"N, 71°26'32"W

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East Side Manchester (Straw-Smyth)Manchester United States

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Smyth Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: McIntyre Ski Area, Currier Museum of Art, Zimmerman House, Weston Observatory.

0.5 miS
Winter sport, Ski area
McIntyre Ski Area, Manchester
13 min walk • McIntyre Ski Area is a city-owned ski area adjacent to Derryfield Park in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. It opened in 1971 with two chairlifts and a rope tow, and was operated by the city until 2009, when they leased the area and management rights to McIntyre Ski School, Inc. for a 25-year period.
1.2 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester
31 min walk • The Currier Museum of Art is an art museum in Manchester, New Hampshire, in the United States. It features European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture.
1.2 miNW
Museum, Architecture, History museum
Zimmerman House, Manchester
32 min walk • The Zimmerman House is a historic house located in Manchester, New Hampshire. Built in 1951, it is the first of two houses in New Hampshire designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of a modest number of Wright designs in the northeastern United States.
0.8 miS
Tower
Weston Observatory, Manchester
20 min walk • The Weston Observatory is a historic folly on Oak Hill, the high point of Derryfield Park in Manchester, New Hampshire. Built in 1897, the granite tower is a prominent local landmark, given to the city by James A. Weston, a Manchester native who served twice as governor of New Hampshire.
1.4 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture
St. George's School and Convent, Manchester
35 min walk • St George's School and Convent are a historic Roman Catholic complex at 124 Orange Street in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1898–99, they are among the city's finest examples of Romanesque architecture, built to support its burgeoning French Canadian population.
1.3 miW
Museum, History museum
Gen. John Stark House, Manchester
33 min walk • The Gen. John Stark House is a historic house museum at 2000 Elm Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. The house, a single-story Cape style farmhouse, was built in 1736 by Archibald Stark.
1.5 miSW
Romanesque architecture
Smith and Dow Block, Manchester
39 min walk • The Smith and Dow Block is a historic apartment house at 1426-70 Elm Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. When built in 1892, this four-story brick building was the largest apartment block in the state, and it still dominates its section of Elm Street.
1.6 miSW
Neighbourhood, Neoclassical architecture
District C, Manchester
42 min walk • District C is a historic worker housing district located in Manchester, New Hampshire, near the former Amoskeag Manufacturing Company millyard, and surrounding area. It is roughly bounded by N. Hampshire Lane, Hollis, Canal, and Bridge streets, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1982.
1.5 miSW
Neighbourhood
District D, Manchester
39 min walk • District D is a historic worker housing district located in Manchester, New Hampshire, near the former Amoskeag Manufacturing Company millyard. It is roughly bounded by Canal, Langdon, Elm, and West Brook streets, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1982.