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Hannah Robinson Tower

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Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Hannah Robinson Tower
Phone:
+1 401-884-2010

Hours:
Sunday12am - 12am
Monday12am - 12am
Tuesday12am - 12am
Wednesday12am - 12am
Thursday12am - 12am
Friday12am - 12am
Saturday12am - 12am


The Hannah Robinson Tower is a 40 feet tall wooden tower at the interchange between U.S. Route 1 and Route 138 in the community of South Kingstown, South County, Rhode Island. The tower was built in 1938 by the Civilian Conservation Corps and was rebuilt in 1988 using the same pillars. The structure is named after Hannah Robinson , a colonial Rhode Island resident and daughter of a wealthy Narragansett society man, Rowland Robinson. Hannah fell in love with a local teacher, Peter Simon, but the relationship was deemed unsuitable by her father. Despite her father's disapproval, Hannah Robinson married her suitor and lived in Providence, Rhode Island. The family became estranged from Robinson, who was enveloped in poverty, leading to a fatal decline. Robinson's father ended his opposition and left his community of Boston Neck to bring Hannah home. As Rowland Robinson brought his daughter home, she requested a chance to visit nearby McSparran Hill, where she considered a view of her homeland. Robinson died soon after. In 1966, the owner of the land along McSparran Hill, sold off the 1.52-acre of land along with the rock to Preserve Rhode Island. Although owned by Preserve Rhode Island, the property is managed independently by Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. The state maintains the area as public open space as a memorial to Hannah Robinson.
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