Heublein Tower

[stoneylonesome]

Heublein Tower. The 165-foot structure was built as a summer home in 1914 by Gilbert Heublein.
http://www.bytegallery.com/data/3080/40heublin2.jpg?3722

A little closer and different view of the Tower

http://www.bytegallery.com/data/3080/40heublin8.jpg

I really have to get up there again and take some photo's looking down :lol: :lol:
Here is a link that tells a little of the history.

http://dep.state.ct.us/stateparks/parks/talcott.htm

[jgbeam]

Nice shots, Sandy. I haven't been up to the tower in years but I did get up to Dr. Heublein's party house this past summer. Every Sunday, Dr. Heublein and his doctor friends used to escape to this cabin not too far from the tower. It's basically one big room with a bar, kitchen and bathroom. Not even a bedroom! His granddaughter owns it now and they had a minor structural issue that I checked out. Here's the view from the cabin.

http://img1.imagevenue.com/loc69/f7a_Heublein1.jpg
http://www.imagevenue.com/loc86/ddf_Heublein2.jpg

A bit hazy but still not a bad view. :cool:

Jim

[stoneylonesome]

Thanks Jim. After seeing the 2 you posted I've really got to get my butt in gear and get back up there, However I think I'll wait tell it warms up a little, maybe even wait for things to turn a little green. No sense hiking a mile+ along a mountain ridge in 3d F. Temps. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[marie]

hard to imagine that tower was a summer home Sandy http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif

read your atttached url and I see bloomfield is mentioned
that's where the organ man (mr austin ) lived too





hard to imagine there was no bedroom in that 'house' Jim
wonder what was the minor problem you had with the structurehttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif
http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif no springs attached ?


great view from it


lovely shots both ..Jim and Sandy

[stoneylonesome]

Thanks Marie, hopefully when the weather gets better (warmer) I'm going to hike up to it and take some photos. It looks down on the town I grew up in (Simsbury, where the tower is located), that's some of the view you see in Jims photos.