Frenchman's Tower
Frenchman's Tower is located along Old Page Mill Road. Built in 1875 it resembles a medieval fortification. The structure was built under the direction of land owner Paulin Caperon, a native of France who had assumed the name Peter Coutts when he moved to Mayfield, in 1875. Coutts returned to France in 1882 without letting his California neighbors know what happened to him and ordered a bank to liquidate his Mayfield property. Since then people have carved names or initials into almost every brick of the tower within their reach. Some dates go back over 100 years. -from Wikipedia
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