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In appreciation for Edward W. Bok's extraordinary gift of the gardens and tower to the nation, a group of his neighbors from Mountain Lake, Florida, [13] commissioned an exedra, or curving bench, in his honor, in 1930. This was created using the same pink and gray marble as the Singing Tower, and installed north of the tower.
The Anton Brees Carillon Library, located within the Singing Tower at Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida, is home to various collections that document the history and development of the Singing Tower and its gardens, the historic Pinewood Estate, and The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America.
Bok Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower. August 21, 1972 3 miles north of Lake Wales ... Lake Wales: Part of the Lake Wales MPS: 30: Florida Southern College ...
Edward Bok, editor at Ladies' Home Journal, died in Lake Wales in 1930 within sight of his beloved Singing Tower; Pat Borders, 1992 World Series MVP, part-time Lake Wales resident and Lake Wales High School alumnus [25] Wade Davis, MLB pitcher for the Colorado Rockies and for 2015 World Series champion Kansas City Royals; born in Lake Wales [26]
Lake Wales, Florida: Singing Tower (Bok Tower Gardens) – 60 bells, heaviest 23,000 pounds (10,000 kg) John Taylor & Co 1928 Lawrence, Kansas : World War II Memorial Carillon ( University of Kansas ) – 53 bells, heaviest c. 6,100 kg (13,400 lb) , John Taylor & Co 1949–51 [ 149 ]
Lake Wales is making plans to convert the YMCA facility into a city-run recreation center after YMCA of West Central Florida leaves on Oct. 31..
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In 1924, Mary Louise Bok founded the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, which she dedicated to her father, Cyrus Curtis, and in 1927, the Boks embarked upon the construction of Bok Tower Gardens, near their winter home in Mountain Lake Estates, Lake Wales, Florida, which was dedicated on February 1, 1929, by the president of the United ...