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Chautauqua Tower
Chautauqua Tower, September 2011
Location: Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland Coordinates: 38°57′58″N 77°8′18″W / 38.96611°N 77.13833°WCoordinates: 38°57′58″N 77°8′18″W / 38.96611°N 77.13833°W Built: 1891 Architect: Mindelef, Victor Architectural style: Late Victorian Governing body: National Park Service NRHP Reference#: 80000350
[1]Added to NRHP: July 4, 1980 The Chautauqua Tower is located at Glen Echo Park, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a Richardsonian Romanesque circular structure of irregularly shaped, rough-faced stone, dominating the central entrance to the park. Construction of the tower was started in either 1890 or 1891, it was completed in 1892, and is approximately 34 feet in diameter and three stories high, capped by an 11-sided roof of steep pitch with a flagpole rising from its peak. It is the sole intact physical remnant of the late-19th century Chautauqua movement at Glen Echo, Maryland, and as a local specimen of late-Victorian rustic architecture. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
The tower was originally part of a large complex of buildings at the entrance of the Glen Echo Chautauqua. The National Register of Historic Places nomination form identifies the architect, Victor Mindeleff, correctly but misspells his name. Mindeleff is best known for his work with the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Currently, the Tower is the studio of Artist in Residence J. Jordan Bruns. The first floor is also used as studio space by artists on a monthly basis.
Gallery
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The Chatauqua Tower at Glen Echo
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Chautauqua Tower". Maryland Historical Trust. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=634&COUNTY=Montgomery&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Montgomery. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
External links
- Chautauqua Tower, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 35-26, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
- Glen Echo Park - A History page National Park Service archived page
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Lists by county Allegany • Anne Arundel • Baltimore County • Calvert • Caroline • Carroll • Cecil • Charles • Dorchester • Frederick • Garrett • Harford • Howard • Kent • Montgomery • Prince George's • Queen Anne's • Somerset • St. Mary's • Talbot • Washington • Wicomico • Worcester
Lists by city Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Buildings and structures completed in 1892
- Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Maryland
- Romanesque Revival architecture in Maryland
- Richardsonian Romanesque architecture
- Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
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