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Lake Placid Tower
Closed observation tower in Florida / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lake Placid Tower in Lake Placid, Florida,[1] formerly named Placid Tower, Tower of Peace or Happiness Tower, is a closed observation tower 240 feet (73.2 m) tall according to early sources (before 1982)[2][3][4][5][6] or 270 feet (82.3 m) tall according to late sources (after 1986).[7][8][9][10][11] However, no physical modification of the tower occurred in the interim that would explain a 30-foot increase in height.
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Lake Placid Tower | |
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Former names | Placid Tower Tower of Peace Happiness Tower |
General information | |
Status | Abandoned |
Type | Observation tower |
Address | 467 US HWY 27 N |
Town or city | Lake Placid, Florida |
Coordinates | 27°18′3.7″N 81°21′26.1″W |
Elevation | 142 feet (43 m) |
Construction started | 1960 |
Construction stopped | 1960 |
Opened | January 1, 1961 |
Closed | c. November 6, 2003 |
Cost | $350,000 (equivalent to $2,800,000 in 2023) |
Owner | CHL Tower Group |
Height | |
Architectural | 240 feet (73 m) |
Tip | 250 feet (76 m) |
Observatory | 225 feet (68.6 m) 200 feet (61.0 m) 192 feet (58.5 m) |
Dimensions | |
Diameter | 25 feet 4 inches (7.72 m) square |
Technical details | |
Material | Concrete block Limestone tile Reinforced concrete |
Lifts/elevators | 1 |
Grounds | 2.27 acres (0.92 ha) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | A. Wynn Howell |
Developer | Air View Corporation (Earnest Oakley Hunt and Robert Gray) |
Main contractor | Ridge Builders |
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