Hardy Memorial Tower | |
.jpg) Hardy Memorial Tower in February 2016 | |
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| Location | 5300 Campanile Dr., San Diego, California |
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| Coordinates | 32°46′33″N 117°4′16″W / 32.77583°N 117.07111°W |
| Architect | Howard Spencer Hazen |
| Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival |
| Part of | San Diego State College (ID97000924) |
| Added to NRHP | September 4, 1997[1] |
Hardy Memorial Tower is a bell tower at San Diego State University (SDSU). Constructed as a Works Progress Administration project in 1931, it is 11 stories (119.1 ft / 36.3 m) tall; it contains the Fletcher Symphonic Carillon (also known as the Fletcher Chimes) (installed 1946), consisting of 204 bells over 6 octaves.[2][3] Hardy Memorial Tower is part of the original core of the SDSU campus on Montezuma Mesa,[4] and was the university's original library.[3][4][5]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Jenifer Goodwin, San Diego Union-Tribute, For 46 years, SDSU volunteer keeps bells pealing on campus (Dec. 24, 2008)
- ^ a b SDSU Historical Buildings (University Archives, accessed July 27, 2009)
- ^ a b Biography of Dr. Edward Hardy (San Diego Historical Society)
- ^ "California's Living New Deal Project (Regents of the University of California, accessed July 27, 2009)". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2009.