Route 30 comes into Jeannette, Pennsylvania, from the west, and for more than three decades, a cylindrical tower rose above the rooftops near the city’s entrance.
It was hard to ignore – tall, round, and out of place against the flat line of businesses. People knew it as “the Monsour tower,” and even those who had never been inside recognized it immediately.
Children grew up with it in view. Workers drove by it every morning. Over time, it became part of the town’s identity without any formal decision…