The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . XT>-PIPE. Regarded as classic ground, this was long the chosen spot forsalutes of honor, alike over the solemn obsequies of Wash-ington ami the joyous welcome of Lafayette. Fort Avenue, from Highland to Centre Street, takes us toanother patriot stronghold, whence the provincial soldiershurled defiance at the royal army in Boston. Here, upon thehighest land in PLa-t Roxburv. except Parker Hill, the 376 UPPER FORT. Cochituate Stand-pipe re
The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . XT>-PIPE. Regarded as classic ground, this was long the chosen spot forsalutes of honor, alike over the solemn obsequies of Wash-ington ami the joyous welcome of Lafayette. Fort Avenue, from Highland to Centre Street, takes us toanother patriot stronghold, whence the provincial soldiershurled defiance at the royal army in Boston. Here, upon thehighest land in PLa-t Roxburv. except Parker Hill, the 376 UPPER FORT. Cochituate Stand-pipe rears aloft its circular white tower withits graceful outline, a conspicuous and not unpleasing objectto the eye. Here * on the strong rocky hill (Col. Williamss)to the southwest of the lower fort, on a higher eminence ofthe same hill, Gen. Heath tells us. part of a work wastraced out on the 11th, and on the 14th of July a fortresswas begun, which he tells us was one of the strongest thatwas erected. The works upon this and the neighboring hillare everywhere spoken of as exceedingly strong and wehplanned. They not only commanded the Keck, but also the. road to Dedham, the depot of armysupplies. Samuel Adams thus refersto them in a letter to Elbridsre Gerry. He says. Untilvisited headquarters at Cambridge, I had never heard of thevalor of Prescott at Bunkers Hill, [Adams was then a dele-gate to Congress at Philadelphia.] nor the ingenuity of Knoxand Waters in planning the celebrated works at Roxbury. The Upper, or l High Fort. as it has sometimes beencalled, regarded by Washington as the best and most eligiblysituated of all the works then in course of construction, wasquadrangular in form, about twelve rods square, with bastionsat each angle. Near the magazine, which was on the south-west side, was a covered way and sally-port. The Stand-pipe is about in the centre of the work, and some two feet UPPER FORT. 6 < < above the original level of the ground. The view here givenwa
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