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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 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 ...
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 Beckering family, for which the tower is named, established Pioneer Construction in 1933. [1] [2] [3] The 48 carillon bells are cast of bronze by the Fonderie Paccard in France, who also installed them within the tower. [4] GVSU also has another carillon, the Cook Carillon Tower, located on the main Allendale campus in Allendale, Michigan. [5]
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]
Nancy Brown Peace Carillon, postcard circa 1940–45 The carillon in 2008. The Nancy Brown Peace Carillon is a bell tower containing an electronic carillon on Detroit's Belle Isle. It is dedicated to peace and named after Nancy Brown, the pseudonym of The Detroit News columnist Mrs. J. E. Leslie (born Annie Louise Brown).
The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Michigan is one of the earliest American research universities and is a founding member of the Association of American ...
The tower is considered to be a major icon of both the university and its campus and creates a notable central focal point on the Allendale campus. [1] [2] [3] The 48 carillon bells are cast of bronze by the Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry and Tower-clock Makers of the Netherlands. The largest bell weighs around 3,000 pounds and the smallest at ...