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Show TOWER TO MARK HISTORIC SPOT Work is soon to begin on the erection erec-tion of a memorial observatory on IBOPOSED ffr70?L4L 7CWZ3? TO XT rrprrvm av f&osfECT JZLL.samT?- I . . J having already been set aside by Mayor Glines for the carrying Cjut of such a purpose. Prospect Hill is noted for the prominent part it took in the Revolutionary Revolu-tionary war, and it was from, the top of this hill that the first American flag was thrown to the breeze. The observatory "is to take the form of a tower, and will closely resemble re-semble an old English castle. The tower will be forty-five feet high. The top will be flat and protected to a height of four feet by a parapet, wtth iron gratings in the embrasures, &n& will afford a view that cannot be equaled in Boston. On a clear day the vision can travel to the Blue Hills, Boston Light and to the White Mountains. The walls of the tower will be of rough granite and will be thirty feet in diameter. Two rooms will "be set apart for the exhibiting of historic relics and souvenirs. The structure from? the second floor will be hexagonal hexa-gonal in shape, resting on six columns. the top of the historic Prospect Hill, Somerville, Mass., a sum of money |