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What is the castellated tower on Old Page Mill Road?

Last updated June 29, 2019 by ZagBot Comment

Frenchman’s Tower on Old Page Mill Road in Palo Alto is a doorless red brick folly built in 1875 by Frenchman Paulin Caperon, also known as Peter Coutts. Now empty, with windows bricked-up after years of vandalism, the tower reportedly once housed his library on the first floor and a water tank on the second floor for irrigation. The land is now owned by Stanford University, and a nearby plaque reads:

Built by Peter Coutts as part of irrigation system begun in 1875. Declared County and State “Point of Interest” – 1969

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