Cut stone monuments
For the heck of it I found some really old photos of a couple of local monuments and some interesting data on one of them.
The 2 here are fire watch towers on the top of Haystack Mtn in Norfolk, Ct. These were built during the depression by the CCC guys. 
They are still in use today and the road up ends about 500 feet short of them so you have to climb the mountain to get to them.
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They look really cool tsula! I especially like the one on the right.
Interesting subject ... thanks for posting.
I really like both of these Tsula. They actually look like they belong in Europe. What are they used for now.
Actually they are both fire watch towers. They are manned in the Spring through late Fall by volunteers, equipped with radios,and are about 2 miles apart. The terrain is rough and you have to be careful of surprisingly Rattle Snakes! Didn't go there too often.
I am not at all sure if I am supposed to be able to do this but, what the hey:
What follows are old time and fairly new pictures (within 40 years) of a Civil War monument in Winted Ct. It was planned for starting in 1870 and finally dedicated in 1890.Take a close look at this complex and figure that the construction budget was $7,500 and the final cost came to about $15,000. Can you imagine building a cut granite structure such as this with the walls and gateway for 15K?
Wow that's pretty cheap! I can't believe they were able to do that tsula.
They let it run down pretty badly over the years and are now looking for a 100K grant to restore it!
I was told by my Mother that it was used as a plane spotter station during the war and it had military team there for a couple of years. Paranoia run wild.
Every 4th of July some guys would stuff the cannons in front of the place and blast them off real early in the morning and scare the daylights out of the whole dumb town!
Wow 100K to fix it! That's a big difference from 15K to build it. lol
In thinking back over those years, the land was donated for the park and it sits right at the very top of what is known as Crown Street so the park there is at the end of a dead end hill. Heck of a hill for sledding in the winter too!