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Also known as the Observatory. Washington Tower was originally designed by Jacob Bigelow with the construction plans drawn by Gridley J. F. Bryant. The idea for the tower was originally proposed in 1831 and was considered again in 1843 before finally being constructed in 1852

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Historical Collections & Archives of Mount Auburn Cemetery

Transcribe the historic 19th-century materials that tell the story of America's first rural cemetery and the first designed landscape open to the public in North America.

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