Visit Somerville's Prospect Hill Tower Year Round on a Virtual Tour

SOMERVILLE, MA – You can now visit Prospect Hill Tower year round from the comfort of your couch. The City of Somerville this week released a virtual tour of its most iconic landmark, which closes yearly during the winter months.

The new eight-minute film saves you a trip, and provides viewers with a tour of the interior of the tower, views of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville from the top, and information about the history of Prospect Hill.

The film was funded by the Community Preservation Act, which also financed the 2015 renovation of the tower, and created by local production company Hendrix Productions. The cast includes a local Somerville historian, a Somerville High School student and a student from Peabody. Closed captioning is available in English, Portuguese and Spanish, with Haitian Creole coming soon.

Prospect Hill Tower was built in 1903 using funds from the Union Square Women's Organization to commemorate where the first American flag was raised during the Revolutionary War.

Check out the virtual tour video here: www.somervillema.gov/prospecthilltour

The tower is open during warm months for tours. Click here to see when tours are scheduled.

Photo by Eric Kilby,Wikimedia Commons