Gary at Scituate Light |
The big men at Scituate Light |
Mr T and Mr B at Scituate Light |
Scituate Harbor Breakwater and Massachusetts Bay |
A part of Scituate's rich history |
The entrance to Scituate Harbor from the south |
A view of Old Scituate Light |
Bruce and Gary at Scituate Harbor |
Harbor front residences, Scituate |
Gary and Bruce at Lawson Tower, Scituate
Lawson Tower is a historic tower built in the style of a European castle turret. It is located off First Parish Road in Scituate.Standing 153 feet tall with 123 steps to the top, the tower was built in 1902 by multimillionaire Boston businessman Thomas W. Lawson to cloak a 276,000-gallon water tank across from his "Dreamwold" estate.Lawson commissioned the Meneely Bell Foundry of West Troy, New York, to install ten bells at the top of the tower. These bells range in size from three hundred to three thousand pounds. This chime system was originally designed to be played either from the bell room eighty feet above the ground or on the console of the clavier room.
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Lawson Tower
The Scituate Water Company stopped using the tank in 1988. The tower is listed as both an American Water Landmark and in the National Register of Historic Places. It has become a popular tourist site, featuring sweeping views of the South Shore, Old Scituate Light, Minot's Ledge Light and the nearby First Trinitarian Congregational Church.
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Fall colors, Scituate |
Gary on Cohasset Common |
Cohasset Common |
The Unitarian Universalist Church, Cohasset Common |