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Smyth Tower - Manchester, NH
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silverquill
N 43° 00.718 W 071° 26.528
19T E 300980 N 4765037
The gothic stone Smyth Tower at the Manchester, NH VA Medical Center dates back to 1888. It was former NH Governor Fredrick Smyth’s hideaway retreat.
Waymark Code: WM2QFT
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 12/07/2007
Views: 55
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The gothic stone Smyth Tower at the Manchester, NH VA Medical Center dates back to 1888. It was former NH Governor Fredrick Smyth’s hideaway retreat. Smyth later served on the Board of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. This was an agency taking care of veterans before VA was created
The tower is on the grounds of the present Veterans Administration Hospital in Manchester, New Hampshire. It is not open to the public.
Street address: 718 Smyth Rd. Manchester, NH United States
![](/images/spacer.gif) County / Borough / Parish: Hillsborough County
![](/images/spacer.gif) Year listed: 1978
![](/images/spacer.gif) Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
![](/images/spacer.gif) Periods of significance: 1875-1899
![](/images/spacer.gif) Historic function: Domestic
![](/images/spacer.gif) Current function: Vacant/Not In Use
![](/images/spacer.gif) Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
![](/images/spacer.gif) Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
![](/images/spacer.gif) Privately owned?: Not Listed
![](/images/spacer.gif) Season start / Season finish: Not listed
![](/images/spacer.gif) Hours of operation: Not listed
![](/images/spacer.gif) Secondary Website 2: Not listed
![](/images/spacer.gif) National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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