Modern Federal · Universities

Burton Memorial Tower on the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus. The 1936 clock tower houses a grand carillon--said to be the world's fourth-heaviest, containing 53 bells and weighing 43 tons. The tower was built in as a memorial to the university's former president, Marion Leroy Burton

Ypsilanti · 1850–1939

Burton Memorial Tower on the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus. The 1936 clock tower houses a grand carillon--said to be the world's fourth-heaviest, containing 53 bells and weighing 43 tons. The tower was built in as a memorial to the university's former president, Marion Leroy Burton, Ypsilanti, 1850–1939
Burton Memorial Tower on the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus. The 1936 clock tower houses a grand carillon--said to be the world's fourth-heaviest, containing 53 bells and weighing 43 tons. The tower was built in as a memorial to the university's former president, Marion Leroy Burton, Ypsilanti, 1850–1939. Universities — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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