Cochituate Standpipe is built.

Architect: Nathaniel Bradlee. Also known as the Roxbury Standpipe, it is designed in the Gothic Revival style, built by the Boston Water Works, and located on the former site of the Roxbury High Fort on today’s Fort Avenue. The standpipe goes into service in 1870, and provides high water service first for Roxbury Highlands, then for Beacon Hill, Dorchester Heights, and West Roxbury, and continues in use until 1887.* The surrounding park is redesigned by the Olmsted Brothers between 1895 and 1916. Interior stairs are added to the standpipe, and it is converted to an observation tower in 1906. A balcony is added, and the tower opens to the public in 1917. After the balcony collapses in the 1960s or 1970s, the building is generally closed to the public.