CITY REQUEST
Country:
United States
State/Province:
North Carolina
City Name:
Chapel Hill
Population:
61,960
Population Source & Year:
2020 US Census
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BUILDING REQUEST
Country:
United States
State/Province:
North Carolina
City:
Chapel Hill
Building Name:
Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower
Street Address:
South Rd, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Campus
Postal Code:
27514
• Architect(s):
William M. Kendall; McKim, Mead and White; T. C. Thompson; Rafael Guastavino, Jr.
Official sources:
https://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/show...on-bell-tower-
https://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/buildings/B003109
Unofficial sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morehe...son_Bell_Tower
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):
- The tower contains 14 mechanized bells, including 12 installed in 1931 and 2 installed in 1998.
- There are four 9 ft clock faces on each side of the tower.
Official Building Website URL:
https://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/show...on-bell-tower-
Wikipedia.org URL:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morehe...son_Bell_Tower
Coordinates (with decimal fraction):
35.90860, -79.04923
Heights--
- spire:
52.4 m (Wikipedia)
Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Cancelled, Destroyed, etc...):
Built
Construction Dates--
- started:
1930
- finished:
1931
Building Use(s):
Observation
Structure Type(s):
Tower
Building Style(s):
Romanesque Revival
Building Materials:
Brick
Linear Mode
