718 Smyth Rd., Manchester, New Hampshire. County/parish: Hillsborough.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 24, 1978. NRIS 78000215.
1 contributing building.
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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77845074