Colorado Women's College

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Whatley Chapel at Colorado Women's College

Mrs. Charles S. Hill, a trustee of the college, donated a 30-bell van Vergen carillon that was installed in a campanile at the Whatley Chapel at the Colorado Women's College and dedicated on October 21, 1961 by Daniel Robins.  The carillon was a memorial to her late husband, who was in the oil and gas business.

The college property has passed through several hands in recent years and the Whatley Chapel was recently purchased by the Denver Public Schools as part of its School of the Arts expansion.

References
1952 Charles Sumner Hill (29 Oct 1887 - 10 Nov 1952) grave

1961 "Carillon Bells Presented Colo. Women's College," Westminster Journal. August 10, 1961, Page 4.
A carillon of thirty bronze bells ranging in weight from twenty-two pounds to nearly a thousand pounds was erected on the Memorial Tower in the Chapel complex of Colorado Woman’s College last week. The perfectly tuned bells were manufactured in the famous Van Bergen Bellfoundries in Heiligerlee, The Netherlands, and presented to Colorado Woman’s College by Mrs. Charles S. Hill, a trustee of Colorado Woman’s College as a memorial to her late husband.

[1962] Whatley Chapel, Colorado Woman's College, Denver, Colorado.
Page 14: The George W. Olinger Memorial Tower and The Charles S. Hill Memorial Carillon

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