Mary M. Emery Memorial Carillon

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Mary M. Emery founded the planned garden (and whites-only) community of Mariemont in the early 1920s and bought about 400 acres of land for it. The project's costs were higher then anticipated which limited the ability of low-income residents to afford housing. In 1925 she established the Thomas J. Emery Foundation in honor of her late husband. Mary Emery died in 1927 and left the bulk of her estate to her younger sister, Isabella Frances Hopkins,

Hopkins decided to build a tower and carillon to honor the Emerys. The Thomas J. Emery Memorial Carillon Tower in Dogwood Park houses the Mary M. Emery Memorial Carillon, which was dedicated on November 16, 1929 by Percival Price. The 23 bells had been cast by the Gillett and Johnston Bell Foundry in Croydon, England.,

The carillon was enlarged in 1969 with new 26 bells cast by the Petit and Fritsen Bell Foundry

References
1929 "Mariemont Carillon Will Honor Founder," The Cincinnati Post, February 16, 1929, Page 12.
Bell Tower to be Built in Memory of Mrs. Mary M. Emery

1929 "Bells to Ring Sunday," The Cincinnati Post, November 9, 1929, Page 2.
Carillon Tower Erected at Mariemont at Tribute to Mrs. Emery, To Be Dedicated

1929 "Will Dedicate Bell Tower," The Cincinnati Post, November 14, 1929, Page 19.
Mariemont Carillon Will be Heard Saturday. All tested in England for correctness of tone.

1927 Mary Muhlenberg “Guppy” Hopkins Emery (19 Dec 1844-11 Oct 1927) grave

1935 Isabella Frances Hopkins (3 Feb 1848 - 3 Feb 1935) grave

2015 "The Thomas J. Emery Memorial: A Lasting Gift from Mary Emery," Mariemont Town Crier 38(6) (March 2015)

2016 Mariemont Town Crier 75th Anniversary Edition

2022 "Isabella Frances Hopkins," by Claire Janezic, from Carillonwomen.org.