Bancroft Tower is a 56-foot-high (17 m) tower of granite and natural stone, which looks like a miniature feudal castle. It is in Salisbury Park, in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. The folly was erected in 1900, in memory of George Bancroft, a native of Worcester and a politician, historian, and statesman. The tower was designed by Worcester architects Earle and Fisher,[2] and cost about $15,000 to build.[3] Bancroft Tower is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
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BancroftTower is a 56-foot-high (17 m) tower of granite and natural stone, which looks like a miniature feudal castle. It is in Salisbury Park, in the...
George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian, statesman and Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary...
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heaven. Fantasy novelist Josiah Bancroft has a series The Books of Babel, which concluded with book IV in 2021. The Tower of Babel appears in the 47th episode...
the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. The Tower of Babel in the books is not intended to be the tower of biblical fame. Bancroft has explained that the setting is...
English formal garden. BancroftTower, Worcester, Massachusetts, a small-scale feudal castle built in 1900 in memory of George Bancroft. It is listed on the...
John Chandler Bancroft Davis (December 29, 1822 – December 27, 1907), commonly known as (J. C.) Bancroft Davis, was an attorney, diplomat, judge of the...
The Bancroft Library is the primary special-collections library of the University of California, Berkeley. It was acquired from its founder, Hubert Howe...
founded the Worcester Art Museum. In 1900, he erected the BancroftTower, in honor of George Bancroft, a friend of Salisbury's father. Salisbury died from...
grew up, feature in both novels; these include the Higgins Armory and BancroftTower. Into the Wild was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult...
The Bancroft Company. pp. 154–155. Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1888). History of Mexico Volume VI 1861–1887. The Bancroft Company. p. 180. Bancroft, Hubert...
Autobiography of Mark Twain: a publication of the Mark Twain project of the Bancroft Library. vol. 1. Berkeley, Calif.: Univ. of California Press. ISBN 9780520267190...
10,084 people. The residential Bancroft district is divided by Shenley Brook into Bancroft Park to the west and Bancroft to the east. The brook valley...
Sather Tower is a bell tower with clocks on its four faces on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. It is more commonly known as The Campanile...
Bancroft Mills is an abandoned mill complex along Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. It has been the site of some of the earliest...
End is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is in East London and part of the East End. It is 4.2 miles...
originally conceived by philanthropist and conservationist William Poole Bancroft, who played an instrumental role in the creation of other city, state,...
Lebua at State Tower is an all-suite luxury hotel occupying the 21st to 25th floors of State Tower adjacent to the Chao Phraya River on Silom Road in...
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Retrieved 2010-01-12. Meeker, Martin (2015). "Bancroft Library Oral History Project - Arthur Gensler". Bancroft Library Regional Oral History Office, University...
Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy is the second oldest of the...
Case of Rick Owens's Inflatable Boots". Vogue. Retrieved April 17, 2024. Bancroft, Alison (June 1, 2016). "Masculinity, masquerade and display: Some thoughts...
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