Norumbega Tower

Before leaving for the library or a few errands, put a book and the day's small essentials into the tote, leaving the bag ready beside your keys by the door. 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. Take the tote along for books, small purchases and the day's essentials.