Lake Placid Tower

Lake Placid Tower
Lake Placid Tower
	Southwest corner
	Location within Florida
Former names	Placid Tower ; Tower of Peace ; Happiness Tower
General information
Status	Abandoned
Type	Observation tower
Address	467 US HWY 27 N
Town or city	Lake Placid, Florida
Coordinates	27°18′3.7″N 81°21′26.1″W / 27.301028°N 81.357250°W
Elevation	142 feet (43 m)
Construction started	1960
Construction stopped	1960
Opened	January 1, 1961
Closed	c. November 6, 2003
Cost	$350,000 (equivalent to $2,800,000 in 2023)
Owner	CHL Tower Group
Height
Architectural	240 feet (73 m)
Tip	250 feet (76 m)
Observatory	225 feet (68.6 m) ; 200 feet (61.0 m) ; 192 feet (58.5 m)
Dimensions
Diameter	25 feet 4 inches (7.72 m) square
Technical details
Material	Concrete block ; Limestone tile ; Reinforced concrete
Lifts/elevators	1
Grounds	2.27 acres (0.92 ha)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	A. Wynn Howell
Developer	Air View Corporation ; (Earnest Oakley Hunt ; and Robert Gray)
Main contractor	Ridge Builders

The Lake Placid Tower in Lake Placid, Florida,^[1] formerly named Placid Tower, Tower of Peace or Happiness Tower, is a closed observation tower 240 feet (73.2 m) tall according to early sources (before 1982)^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] or 270 feet (82.3 m) tall according to late sources (after 1986).^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] However, no physical modification of the tower occurred in the interim that would explain a 30-foot increase in height.

^ Cite error: The named reference location was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Dixie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference 240on27 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Memory329917 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Almanac was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Burt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference owners was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Hunt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference crow was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Friend was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference redux was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[location-1] Cite error: The named reference location was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Dixie-2] Cite error: The named reference Dixie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[240on27-3] Cite error: The named reference 240on27 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Memory329917-4] Cite error: The named reference Memory329917 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Almanac-5] Cite error: The named reference Almanac was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Burt-6] Cite error: The named reference Burt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[owners-7] Cite error: The named reference owners was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Hunt-8] Cite error: The named reference Hunt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[crow-9] Cite error: The named reference crow was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Friend-10] Cite error: The named reference Friend was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[redux-11] Cite error: The named reference redux was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]