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Historic Chenocetah Tower to be open for tours this weekend

CORNELIA — Thanks to an agreement between the City of Cornelia and the U.S. Forest Service, historic Chenocetah Tower will be open for tours this weekend.

Formerly open only one day a year, during the Big Red Apple Festival, Cornelia leaders say they are happy to be able to share tours of the tower with the community and those from across the region.

Built in 1937-38 by the Works Progress Administration and completed as part of the Northeast Georgia Upland Game Conservation Project, the stone tower was dedicated on June 7, 1938, at a ceremony sponsored by the Cornelia Kiwanis Club and featuring special guest Gov. E.D. Rivers.

The tower again was dedicated after World War II in memory of three forest workers who died during the war. A plaque with the inscription “Chenocetah Memorial Tower dedicated to the memory of these Forest Service men in Georgia who gave their lives in defense of their country in World War II, William A. Crossland, Robert C. Fuller, Edward W. Simpson” is located beside the entrance door.

Chenocetah Tower was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in June 1984.

Historian Lonny Cagle will open the tower from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 22, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, July 23.

The tower is located at the top of Chenocetah Mountain, also known as Tower Mountain. A metal staircase takes visitors about 40 feet up to an observation room offering panoramic views of North Georgia.

Editor’s note: Information about Chenocetah Tower varies widely, but the information contained in this news article is taken from the National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form that resulted in the tower being entered into the Register on June 11, 1984.

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