Norumbega Tower
Bring a little Weston home.
Slate Desk Plaque · 11 × 7 inches
Between opening a book and making a few notes, a small display can give the eye somewhere else to go. Norumbega Tower gives Weston's riverbank a commemorative structure to focus on, with a particular nineteenth-century claim behind the monument's history.
Norumbega Tower was erected in 1889 by Eben Norton Horsford to commemorate his proposed Norse settlement. That interpretation is unsupported by the historical evidence. The tower instead tells a local story about nineteenth-century commemoration, with a restoration in 1973 recorded by the Weston Historical Society.
The tower is a particular example of nineteenth-century commemoration on Weston's riverbank, with Horsford's interpretation itself forming part of the monument's historical story. It can sit among a few favorite books, giving the shelf a particular local subject as well as something to read.
$35.20
- Selected option
- 7" x 11"
- SKU
- FH-BULK-CHARLES-LOC-2016806196-4A13571U-5344-243923-COLOR-R1
Add a local view to your desk
Historical sources
Source credit and attribution
Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/2016806196/
About the artwork
Product details and care
Size/capacity: 11 × 7 inches
Care: Handle carefully; wipe gently with a soft, dry cloth. Indoor use.
Supplier specifications: https://printify.com/app/products/5344/generic-brand/slate-desk-plaque
Original product information and credits
Norumbega Tower, Charles River Reservation, Mass.
7 × 11 in Slate Desk Plaque
AI-assisted controlled-color interpretation with typography. Color and fine detail are interpretive; original source unchanged. No institutional endorsement.
Source: Detroit Publishing Company, ['c1906.']. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LOC-2016806196-4a13571u. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016806196/. Identify adaptation. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016806196/.
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