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NC State’s Memorial Tower was envisioned in 1921 as a memorial to 34 NC State College men who died in World War I. Its construction was plagued by financial shortfalls during the Great Depression, before its outer shell was completed by the Works Progress Administration in 1937. Despite the structural completion, the tower’s carillon and interior were never finished, and the tower stood incomplete since 1937. Graduating classes during the 1930s and ’40s contributed lights and interior items, but attempts to attain a bell carillon fell short. An electronic chime system was installed in the late 1940s.
Five Meeks, Watson and Company bells were purchased in 2012 and recast to become part of the 55-bell Sunderlin carillon installed in 2020. The major donors for the carillon were Bill and Frances Henry.
The carillon was
dedicated on May 14, 2021 by Tom Gurin.
References
2012 Belltower
Bells to be Unveiled
2021 "Carillon Profile: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina," The Dispason 112(2):8 (February 2021)
The NC State Memorial Belltower at North Carolina State University
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