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Frenchman's Tower

Palo Alto

Surrounded by a sturdy iron fence
View from the roadside

Tucked near Matadero Creek, this fifty-foot Normanesque brick tower has fueled local legends for decades. Built around 1880 by Jean Baptiste Paulin Caperon, the structure remains a weathered, windowed curiosity with no entry.

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