Kingfisher Tower

{{about|a building in New York|the landform in Utah|Kingfisher Tower (Utah)}}

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| name = Kingfisher Tower

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| image = Torre Kingfishers in 2006.jpg

| caption = Kingfisher Tower and Point Judith in 2006

| type = Folly

| locmapin = New York#USA

| coordinates = {{Coord|42.7278521|-74.9057086|format=dms|display=inline,title}}{{cite gnis

| id = 954653

| name = Kingfisher Tower

| accessdate = 2019-06-18 }}

| elevation = {{convert|1201|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| location = North of Cooperstown, New York

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| built = 1876

| height = {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| architect = Henry J. Hardenbergh

| architecture = Gothic Revival

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Kingfisher Tower is a {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} folly, built by Edward Clark in 1876, on the eastern shore of Otsego Lake at Point Judith. It is located north of Cooperstown, New York near County Highway 31.{{cite gnis

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| name = Point Judity

| accessdate = 2019-06-18 }} The tower was used in a scene in a movie in 1911.{{cite web

| url = https://www.thedailystar.com/opinion/columns/cooperstown-was-a-motion-picture-filming-magnet-in/article_3df8cd8a-a6ed-526a-be54-18b5a3bb9daf.html

| title = Cooperstown was a motion picture filming magnet in 1911

| date = July 9, 2011

| website = www.thedailystar.com/opinion

| publisher = www.thedailystar.com/opinion

| access-date = 19 June 2019

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It is a Gothic Revival structure built by Clark "to beautify the lake" and "to provide construction jobs during an economic turndown". Clark made his fortune investing in Isaac Singer's sewing machine company, and the structure now belongs to his descendants. It is on private property and is usually approachable only from the lake. The structure was designed by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh.File:Kingfisher Tower 1880.jpg