Burton Memorial Tower

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The Burton Memorial Tower may be a tower set on Central field at the University of Michigan in metropolis at 230 South Ingalls Street. Housing a grand carillon, the tower was inbuilt 1936 as a memorial for University President Marion Leroy Burton (presidency: 1920–1925). The grand carillon, one in every of solely twenty three within the World, is that the world’s fourth heaviest, containing fifty five bells and advisement a complete of forty three tons.
The monument was made in 1935 and finished in 1936. It stands at ten floors. It’s set at the University Of Michigan field, and is employed for housing education offices. The High-rise tower was designed in a remarkable mixture of artistic movement and art Moderne fine arts designs, made with a concrete shell long-faced with sedimentary rock over an inspiration forty two feet (13 m) sq.. The look was greatly influenced by architect, United Nations agency had submitted AN earlier theme. At the highest is that the 43-ton, 55-bell Baird Carillon.
The Burton Memorial Tower was designed by prince consort Kahn, United Nations agency conjointly designed the William L. Clements Library, Angell Hall, and Hill area for the University of Michigan. Its carillon was given by Michigan student Charles A. Baird, a professional person and also the 1st U-M athletic director, and has been christened the “Charles Baird Carillon”. Baird had the bells solid in European country and gave them to the university. He conjointly commissioned “Sunday Morning in Deep Waters”, the fountain on Ingalls Mall between Burton Tower and also the Michigan League.

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