The Tower of Freedom was a base of operations used by the Minutemen.
History[]
Malting Factory[]
The facility that would become the Tower of Freedom started out a malting factory built by the Canada Malting Company on the shores of the Hudson River. Because of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, it remained unfinished and abandoned.
New Headquarters[]
The facility was purchased cheaply by Nelson Gardner, who also noted that the company's logo, CM, matched the initials of his costumed adventurer persona, "Captain Metropolis", and repurposed it as his living facility and headquarters. After forming the Minutemen, he had costumed adventurers audition there, and eventually it became the team's base of operations.[1]
Destruction[]
Following the disbandment of the Minutemen, the Tower of Freedom was abandoned.[2] Only Hooded Justice remained there. After his death, Nelson Gardner demolished the building to eliminate any traces of him.[3]
Description[]
Top part, street-side view.
The top part of the Tower was a regular looking building accessed through the street. The other side had an observatory with a telescope looking across the Hudson to the city.[1][2] The structure descended along the rocky slopes that made the river's shores, and reached down the Hudson, on a small dock. There was also a boat that apparently was used only once by the Minutemen.[2]
Areas within the building included a conference room, with chairs made by specially ordered African wood,[4] a war room where the Minutemen arranged their operations[2], some warehouses[3].
Considering the existence of a tank and a boat, the structure must have housed wide spaces used as hangars or garages, obviously the heroes' living quarters, and perhaps unused spaces.
In the Minutemen comic series, the Tower of Freedom was displayed as a medieval-looking tower fortress.[5]