Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Tower

A building or part of a building that is exceptionally high in proportion to its width and length

See also: Steeple .... Turret .... Spire ........ Campanile

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Examples from Buffalo:

• Illustration above: H. H. Richardson Complex Administration Building twin towers
  
  
• McFarland House, 409 Linwood Avenue
  
  
• Church of the Good Shepherd
  
  
• Connecticut Street Armory

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