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Haystack Mountain Tower
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| Location: | 43 North St., Norfolk, Connecticut |
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| Area: | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built: | 1929 |
| Architect: | Rossiter, Erick Kennsett; Rossiter & Muller |
| Architectural style: | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Jacobean Revival |
| Governing body: | State |
| NRHP Reference#: | 93001244[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | December 2, 1993 |
The Haystack Mountain Tower in Norfolk, Connecticut is a stone tower on Haystack Mountain designed by Erick Kennsett Rossiter and Rossiter & Muller. It was built in 1929 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
It is a 34 foot high tower at the summit of the 1716 ft. elevation mountain, which "allows visitors to see Long Island Sound, the Berkshires, and peaks in Massachusetts and New York."[2]
It cost approximately $50,000 and was made from stone cut from the mountain. It was donated by Mrs. Ellen Battell Stoeckel, in memory of Carl Stoeckel.[3]
It is a 50 foot high tower with a 22 foot diameter, built primarily of dark grey granite that was quarried at the site.[4]
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