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The plaque on Burton Tower. The Burton Memorial Tower is a clock tower located on Central Campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor at 230 North Ingalls Street. Housing a grand carillon, the tower was built in 1936 as a memorial for University President Marion Leroy Burton (presidency: 1920–1925).
The Ann and Robert H. Lurie Tower, a memorial built in 1996 for Michigan alumnus Robert H. Lurie, is located on North Campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. [1] It houses a 60-bell grand carillon, one of the university's two grand carillons; the other is housed in Burton Tower on Central Campus. [2]
The Carillon Bell tower dominates the University of California, Riverside's main campus. Berkeley: The Berkeley Carillon in Sather Tower at University of California, Berkeley, 1917. 61 bells, originally 12 bells (a chime), with an additional 49 bells installed in 1978 and 1983. Garden Grove: Christ Cathedral, 50 major-third bells. Royal ...
Allendale, Michigan: Cook Carillon Tower (Grand Valley State University), 48 bells, heaviest c. 3,000 lb (1,400 kg), Royal Eijsbouts 1994 [140] Ann Arbor, Michigan : Burton Memorial Tower ( University of Michigan ) – 55 bells, heaviest c. 24,000 lb (11,000 kg) , John Taylor & Co 1936 and 2011 [ 141 ]
When Baird first offered the carillon to the university, the Burton Memorial Tower had not been built. The school initially set aside $35,000 to house the carillon in the tower of the Michigan Union. When the Union was found to be an unsuitable home, the Regents developed a more ambitious plan to construct a bell tower.
The University of Michigan (U-M, ... The North Campus Diag features a bell tower called Lurie Tower, which contains a grand carillon. [134] The university's largest ...
A carillonneur plays the 56-bell carillon of the Plummer Building, Rochester, Minnesota, US The 56-bell carillon of Saint Joseph's Oratory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada [1]. A carillon (US: / ˈ k ær ə l ɒ n / KARR-ə-lon, UK: / k ə ˈ r ɪ l j ən / kə-RIL-yən [2] [3]) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 bells.
President's House, built in 1840 Betsy barbour residence hall, built in 1920 Aerial view of the University of Michigan Law Quadrangle, 1930-1940 ca. The University of Michigan Central Campus Historic District contains nearly thirty significant buildings.