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This list shows all traditional carillons built in the United States along with a few other notable instruments.
A carillon is a musical
instrument consisting of at least two octaves of carillon bells arranged
in chromatic series and played from a keyboard permitting control of
expression through variation of touch. A carillon bell is a cast bronze
cup-shaped bell whose partial tones are in such harmonious relationship to
each other as to permit many such bells to be sounded together in varied
chords with harmonious and concordant effect.
from the Articles of Incorporation of The Guild of Carillonneurs in
North America
Those without a number in the first column are considered non-traditional, either for being non-chromatic or not provided with a manual keyboard/clavier. Some carillons listed here had their keyboards removed and replaced with electric playing apparatus, which is noted on the carillon inventory links for each site. A few were originally built as chimes with fewer than 23 bells, the date shown is when the 23d bell was added. Instruments that originally had electric mechanisms that were later converted to traditional manual claviers are listed by the date originally built.
This date shown is the
first public performance or dedication of the carillon.
List of
Carillons in the United States |
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# | Year |
Name | Owner |
City |
State |
Notes |
November 12, 1856 | Basilica of the Sacred Heart | Notre Dame University | South Bend | IN | ||
September 12, 1869 | St. Joseph's Cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral | Buffalo | NY | No longer exists. | |
October 3, 1883 | Church of the Holy Trinity | Church of the Holy Trinity | Philadelphia | PA | ||
April 21, 1901 | The Shrine of the Miraculous Medal | The Shrine of the Miraculous Medal | Philadelphia | PA | ||
1918 | National Peace Carillon | National Carillon Association | Washington | DC | Never built | |
1 | July 23, 1922 | Our
Lady of Good Voyage |
Church of Our Lady of Good Voyage | Gloucester | MA | |
2 | March 25, 1923 | Pittis Carillon | Grace Episcopal Church | Plainfield |
NJ |
|
3 | November 4, 1923 | Noyes Memorial Carillon | House of Hope Presbyterian Church | St Paul |
MN |
|
4 |
November 11, 1923 | Samuel
Lester Fuller Carillon |
Phillips Academy | Andover | MA | |
5 | February 17, 1924 | Ruston Memorial Carillon (1) | First Presbyterian Church | Birmingham | AL | |
6 | April 13, 1924 | St.
Peter's Episcopal Church |
St. Peter's Episcopal Church | Morristown | NJ | |
7 | September 23, 1924 | Cohasset Carillon | St. Stephen's Episcopal Church | Cohasset | MA | |
8 | September 20, 1925 | Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon (1) | Riverside Church | New York | NY | Moved from Park Avenue Baptist Church |
9 |
October 16, 1925 | Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church | Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church | Detroit | MI | |
10 | October 13, 1926 | Henry Bucher Swoope Carillon | Mercersburg Academy | Mercersburg |
PA | |
11 | April 21, 1927 | Crane Memorial Carillon | St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church | Chicago | IL | |
12 | May 8, 1927 | Shelmerdine Memorial Carillon | First United Methodist Church of Germantown | Philadelphia | PA | |
13 | June 17, 1927 | Class of 1892 Bells | Princeton University | Princeton | NJ | |
14 | September 18, 1927 | Albany
City Hall |
Albany City Hall | Albany | NY | |
15 | June 26, 1928 | Ella S. Bulkley Memorial Carillon | St. James’ Episcopal Church | Danbury | CT | First Meneely Watervliet carillon |
16 | September 16, 1928 |
The Rochester Carillon | Mayo Clinic | Rochester | MN | |
17 | September 16, 1928 | Trinity Singing Tower | Trinity United Methodist Church | Springfield | MA | |
18 |
September 30, 1928 | Wallace Carillon | Christ Church Cranbrook | Bloomfield Hills | MI | |
19 | November 11, 1928 | Walter F. Tilton Memorial Carillon | Norwood Memorial Municipal Bldg. | Norwood | MA | |
20 | November 29, 1928 | Belmont
Carillon |
Belmont University | Nashville | TN | Bells removed 1952; new bells 1986 |
21 | December 2, 1928 | Bok Singing Tower | Bok Tower Gardens, Inc. | Lake Wales | FL | |
22 | May 5, 1929 | Scottish
Rite Singing Tower |
Scottish Rite Masonic Cathedral | Indianapolis | IN | |
23 | October 6, 1929 | Edgar W. and Margaret MacDonald Stanton Memorial Carillon | Iowa State University | Ames | IA | |
24 | November 16, 1929 | Mary M. Emery Memorial Carillon | The Thomas J. Emery Memorial | Mariemont | OH | |
25 | December 24, 1929 | Henry P. Schneider Memorial Carillon | Trinity United Church of Christ | Holland | PA | Second Meneely Waterfliet arillon; Relocated from Philadelphia |
26 | April 19, 1931 | Washington
Memorial National Carillon |
Washington Memorial Chapel |
Valley Forge |
PA |
Third Meneely Watervliet carillon |
27 | May 10, 1931 | Dr. Jose M. Ferrer Memorial Carillon | Canterbury School | New Milford | CT | |
28 | May 30, 1931 | Carrie
Isabelle Raymond Memorial Carillon |
First-Plymouth Congregational Church | Lincoln | NE | |
29 | June 7, 1931 | Austin Cornelius Dunham Carillon | University of Connecticut | Storrs | CT | Fourth Meneely Watervliet carillon |
30 | June 26, 1931 | Wellesley
Carillon |
Wellesley College | Wellesley | MA | |
31 | December 9, 1931 | Plumb Memorial Carillon | Trinity College | Hartford | CT | |
February 1932 | Hearst Castle Carillon | Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument | San Simeon | CA | Electric | |
32 | June 5, 1932 | J.
Samuel Hammond Carillon |
Duke University | Durham | NC | |
33 | October 15, 1932 | Virginia World War Memorial Carillon | City of Richmond | Richmond | VA | |
34 | November 24, 1932 |
Laura
Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon (2) |
University of Chicago |
Chicago |
IL |
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35 | October 21, 1933 | Houghton Memorial Carillon | St. Paul’s School | Concord | NH | |
36 | 1933 | Bethany School Chapel | Community of the Transfiguration | Glendale | OH | Only carillon by Vanduzen |
37 | October 23, 1934 | Mary
Owen Borden Memorial Carillon |
St. George’s-by-the-River Episcopal Church | Rumson | NJ | |
38 | November 22, 1935 | Beaumont Tower Carillon | Michigan State University | East Lansing | MI | |
39 | December 15, 1935 | Christ
Church Carillon |
Christ Church Grosse Pointe (Episcopal) | Grosse Pointe Farms | MI | |
40 | March 15, 1936 | Memorial Carillon | University of Wisconsin - Madison | Madison | WI | |
May, 1936 | Nemours
Carillon |
Nemours Estate | Wilmington | DE | Electric Meneely Watervliet |
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41 | December 4, 1936 | Charles Baird Carillon | University of Michigan (Central Campus) | Ann Arbor | MI | |
42 | December 25, 1936 | Hillcrest
Park Carillon |
Hillcrest Park Cemetery | Springfield | MA | |
43 | September 11, 1937 | Davis Memorial Carillon | Alfred University | Alfred | NY | Not playable |
44 | November 13, 1937 | Belle Brown Northcott Memorial Carillon | Luray Caverns | Luray | VA | |
45 | February 2, 1941 | Callie Self Memorial Carillon | Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church | Greenwood | SC | |
46 | March 18, 1941 | Lou Henry Hoover Carillon | Stanford University | Stanford | CA | |
47 | December 24, 1941 |
Deeds
Carillon |
Carillon Historical Park |
Dayton |
OH |
Only carillon by Meneely (Troy) |
48 | September 28, 1947 | Nestle Muller Memorial Carillon | First Presbyterian Church | Stamford | CT | |
49 | December 24, 1947 | Sally
Woods Rucker Memorial Carillon |
Christ Episcopal Church | Charlottesville | VA | |
50 | December 18, 1949 | St. Martin’s Episcopal Church | St. Martin’s Episcopal Church | New York City | NY | Not playable. |
51 | May 27, 1951 | World War II Memorial Carillon | University of Kansas | Lawrence | KS | |
52 | October 21, 1951 | Culver
Academies Carillon |
The Culver Academies | Culver | IN | |
53 | December 23, 1951 | Christopher Hansen Memorial Carillon | Central United Methodist Church | Lansing | MI | |
54 | May 25, 1952 | Grosse Pointe Memorial Church | Grosse Pointe Farms | MI | ||
55 | September 16, 1952 | Redwine Carillon | Midwestern State University | Wichita Falls | TX | |
56 | March 11, 1953 | McMurry University | Abilene | TX | ||
57 | May 24, 1953 | Harry A. and Mariah H. Seabrook &
Thomas Family Memorial Carillon |
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | Cleveland Heights | OH | |
58 | October 18, 1953 | John C. Ellis Carillon Tower | University of Montana | Missoula | MT | |
59 | December 24, 1953 | Nordan Memorial Carillon | Central Christian Church | San Antonio | TX | |
60 | December 24, 1953 | St. Alban’s Episcopal Church | Waco | TX | ||
61 | 1953 | Cora Allison Leavens Memorial Carillon | The Church of St. John the Divine | Houston | TX | |
62 | January 10, 1954 | Laurance Hearne Armour Memorial Carillon | Northwestern University | Evanston | IL | |
63 | May 5, 1954 | The Netherlands Carillon | National Park Service | Arlington | VA | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107702649/netherlands-carillon-bells-for-america/ |
64 | May 9, 1954 | Arter Memorial Carillon | Church of the Saviour | Cleveland Heights | OH | |
65 | September 12, 1954 | The Jackson Memorial Carillon | First Presbyterian Church | Jackson | TN | |
66 | November 25, 1954 | Westminster Carillon | Westminster Presbyterian Church | Oklahoma City | OK | |
67 | December 5, 1954 | The Thomas Dry Howie Memorial Carillon | The Citadel | Charleston | SC | |
68 | March 20, 1955 | Memorial Carillon | The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd | Corpus Christi | TX | |
69 | 1956 | Vernon V. Harris Memorial Carillon | St. Luke’s United Methodist Church | Oklahoma City | OK | |
70 | December 29, 1956 | Charlotte Nichols Greene Memorial Carillon | Norwich University | Northfield | VT | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108170695/princeton-u-bellmaster-plays-norwich-ca/ https://community.middlebury.edu/~gmatthew/norwich.htm |
71 | November 22, 1957 | Dorothea Carlile Carillon | Smith College | Northampton | MA | Springfield Union Nov 02, 1957 Page 25 |
72 | December 22, 1957 | Kaap Memorial Carillon | First Evangelical Lutheran Church | Green Bay | WI | |
73 | 1957 | Theresa Mohnke Memorial Carillon | Trinity Lutheran Church | Houston | TX | |
74 | April 12, 1959 | Leonidas Polk Memorial Carillon | University of the South | Sewanee | TN | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108186194/leonidas-polk-carillon-dedication/ |
April 14, 1959 | Taft Memorial Carillon | Architect of the Capitol | Washington | DC | Electric |
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75 | October 18, 1959 | Hollins University | Roanoke | VA | ||
76 | May 15, 1960 | Kirk in the Hills | Bloomfield Mills | MI | 77 bells | |
77 | September 18, 1960 | Simon Goodman Memorial Carillon | Wilmington College | Wilmington | OH | |
78 | October 21, 1961 | Charles S. Hill Memorial Carillon | Johnson & Wales University | Denver | CO | |
79 | June 23, 1962 | Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon | Springfield Park District | Springfield | IL | |
80 | 1962 | The Dana-Barton Carillon | St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | New Canaan | CT | |
81 | September 22, 1963 | Kibbey Carillon | Washington National Cathedral | Washington | DC | |
82 | September 8, 1963 | Knight's Tower Carillon | National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception | Washington | DC | |
83 | 1964 | Flory Memorial Carillon | Second Presbyterian Church | Newark | OH | |
84 | 1964 | Bells of Joy | Schwarzwald Lutheran Church | Reading | PA | |
85 | 1964 | St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church | Aiken | SC | ||
86 | 1964 | St. Christopher-by-the-River Church |
Gates Mills |
OH |
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87 | December 24, 1964 | Sidney Case McCammon Memorial Carillon | The Episcopal Church of the Ascension | Middletown | OH | https://www.highlandshistoricdistrict.org/thecarillon |
88 | 1966 | Covenant Presbyterian Church | Charlotte | NC | ||
89 | 1966 | The Niederlander Carillon | Calvary Episcopal Church | Williamsville | NY | |
90 | 1966 | Yale Memorial Carillon | Yale University | New Haven | CT | |
91 | 1966 | Carillon Tower | University of California, Riverside | Riverside | CA | |
92 | September 26, 1966 | McRoberts Memorial Carillion | Northfield-Mt. Herman School | Northfield | MA | |
93 | 1967 | Austin College |
Sherman |
TX |
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94 | May 14, 1967 |
The Philip B. Stanley Carillon |
First Church of Christ, Congregational |
New Britain |
CT |
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108187654/first-church-of-christ-carillon/ |
95 | 1967 | The Joseph Dill Baker Memorial Carillon | City of Frederick | Frederick | MD | |
96 | 1967 | Marquette University | Milwaukee | WI | ||
97 | 1968 |
George Frederick Jewett Carillon |
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist |
Spokane |
WA |
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98 | 1968 |
Rushton Memorial Carillon (2) |
Samford University |
Birmingham |
AL |
https://library.samford.edu/special/treasures/2005/carillon.html |
99 | June 9, 1968 |
Alexander McGain Memorial Carillon |
Church of the Covenant |
Cleveland |
OH |
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100 | 1968 | Campanile |
University of Northern
Iowa |
Cedar Falls |
IA |
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101 | 1969 |
Thomas M. Storke Carillon |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
CA |
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102 | 1969 | Henry P. Forker III, & Harry B.
McDowell, Jr. Memorial Carillon |
St. John’s Episcopal Church | Sharon | PA | |
103 | 1970 | Gordon Stearns Memorial Carillon | First Church of Christ, Congregational | West Hartford | PA | |
104 | 1971 | Arthur R. Metz Memorial Carillon | Indiana University | Bloomington | IN | |
105 | 1971 | School of Music Carillon | Indiana University | Bloomington | IN | |
106 | 1971 | Brownell Memorial Park | Morgan City | IN | ||
107 | 1971 | Concordia Seminary | St. Louis | MO | ||
108 | December 9, 1973 | Hopeman Memorial Carillon | University of Rochester | Rochester | NY | |
109 | 1973 | The Memorial Carillon | First Presbyterian Church | Gastonia | NC | |
110 | 1974 | Catherine Colt Dickey Memorial Carillon | St. Thomas’ Church, Whitemarsh | Ft. Washington | PA | |
111 | 1975 | Centennial Carillon | Brigham Young University | Provo | UT | |
112 | 1976 | Glasscock Memorial Carillon | First Baptist Church | Corpus Christi | TX | |
113 | 1976 | Charles & Georgia Robertson Baird Memorial Carillon | Texas Tech University | Lubbock | TX | |
114 | 1976 | Pelzman Glockenspiel | Smithsonian National Zoological Park | Washington | DC | |
115 | 1976 | Alpha Chi Omega Memorial Carillon | DePauw University | Greencastle | IN | |
116 | 1978 | Janet Jefrey Carlile Harris Carillon | Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem | NC | |
117 | July 19, 1978 | The Carroll Chimes | MainStrasse Village Association |
Covington | KY | |
118 | October 20, 1978 | The McDonogh Carillon | McDonogh School | Owens Mill | MD | |
119 | 1978 | Duff-Armington Memorial Carillon | Westminster College | New Wilmington | PA | |
120 | February 12, 1979 | Class of 1928 Carillon | University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley | CA | |
121 | 1979 | University of Florida, Gainesville | Gainesville | FL | ||
122 | 1981 |
Idlewild Presbyterian Church |
Memphia |
TN |
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123 | 1982 |
Betty Jane Dimmitt
Memorial Carillon |
Episcopal Church of the Ascension |
Clearwater |
FL |
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124 | 1983 |
The Centralia Carillon |
Centralia Foundation |
Centralia |
FL |
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125 | 1984 |
William James Pharr Carillon |
First Presbyterian Church |
Belmont |
NC |
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126 | 1984 | Porter Memorial Carillon | Highland Park United Methodist Church | Dallas | TX | |
127 | 1985 | Myers Park Presbyterian Church | Charlotte | NC | ||
128 | 1986 | Theodore C. Butz Memorial Carillon | Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe | IL | |
129 | May 24, 1986 | Middlebury College | Middlebury | VT | ||
130 | 1986 |
Bell Tower Center Carillon |
Bell Tower Center | Houston |
TX |
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131 | 1986 |
The Foreman Carillon |
Simsbury United Methodist Church |
Simsbury |
CT |
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132 |
1986 | The Denny Chimes | University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa | AL | |
133 | 1987 | Clemson University Memorial Carillon |
Clemson University |
Clemson |
SC |
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134 | 1987 |
First Baptist Church |
Huntsville |
AL |
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135 | 1987 | Kniker Carillon | University of Texas | Austin | TX | |
136 | 1988 | Henningson Memorial Campanile | University of Nebraska at Omaha | Omaha | NE | |
137 | November 4, 1988 |
McLane Carillon |
Baylor University |
Waco |
TX |
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138 | 1990 | Arvella Schuller Carillon | Christ Cathedral | Garden Grove | CA | |
139 |
1993 | Lyon College | Batesville | AR | ||
140 | 1994 | Cook Carillon | Grand Valley State University | Allendale | MI | |
141 |
1994 | St.Mark's Episcopal Church | Jonesboro | AR | ||
142 | June 4, 1994 | Carillon Beach Carillon | Carillon Beach Institute | Panama City Beach | FL | |
143 |
September 22, 1995 | Donald W. Reynolds Tower | University of Arkansas - Fort Smith | Fort Smith | AR | |
144 | October 17, 1996 | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon | University of Michigan, North Campus | Ann Arbor | MI | |
145 |
1996 | Las Sendas | Mesa | AZ | ||
146 | 1997 | Marsh Family Memorial Carillon | Concord University | Athens | WV | |
147 | 1997 | St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral | Des Moines | IA | ||
148 |
1999 |
John Courter Carillon |
Berea College |
Berea |
KY |
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149 | 1999 | Carl M. Williams Carillon | University of Denver | Denver | CO | |
150 | 1999 | The Jean L. Rainwater Carillon | Principia College | Elsah | IL | |
151 |
1999 | Pulaski Heights United Methodist | Little Rock | AR | ||
152 | 2000 | Millennium Carillon | City of Naperville | Naper | IL | |
153 | 2000 | Beckering Family Carillon | Grand Valley State University | Allendale | MI | |
154 | 2000 | Lipscomb University | Nashville |
TN |
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2000 | Fredericks Family Memorial Carillon | Lock Haven University | Lock Haven | PA | Electric | |
155 | May 28, 2001 | Longwood Gardens Carillon | Longwood Gardens | Kendall Square | PA | |
156 | April 13, 2002 | Jane A. Meyer Carillon | Missouri State University | Springfield | MO | |
157 | 2002 | St. Mary’s of Redford Catholic Church | Detroit | MI | ||
158 | 2002 | Floyd and Juanita Smith Carillon | Penn State Erie | Erie | PA | |
159 | 2002 | The Linnie M. Barger Memorial Carillon | St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church | Ooltewah | TN | |
160 | 2002 | Ball State University | Muncie | IN | ||
161 | 2002 | St. Thomas Episcopal Church | New York City | NY | ||
162 |
2003 | Shelton State Community College | Tuscaloosa | AL | ||
163 |
2003 | Dean B. Ellis Library Carillon | Arkansas State University | Jonesboro | AR | |
164 | 2004 | St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic Church | Bloomfield Hills | MI | ||
165 | 2004 | Henry Vincent Couper Memorial Carillon | University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Amherst | MA | |
166 | 2004 | The Children’s Carillon | The Presbyterian Church of La Porte | La Porte | IN | |
167 |
2005 | Wesleyan University | Middletown | OH | ||
168 | 2005 | Middleton Family Carillon | Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church | Bryn Mawr | PA | |
169 | 2005 | Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe | Dallas | TX | ||
170 | 2005 | Roosevelt Family Carillon | St.Mark's School of Texas | Dallas | TX | |
171 |
April 9, 2006 |
Central Lutheran Church |
Minneapolis |
MN |
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172 | 2006 | St. Barnabas on the Desert Episcopal Church | Scottsdale | AZ | ||
173 | 2007 | Plainfield Methodist Church | Plainfield | IL | ||
174 | 2014 | Oakland University | Rochester | MI | ||
175 | 2017 | University of Washington | Seattle | WA | ||
176 | 2017 | Trinity Cathedral | San Jose | CA | ||
177 | 2017 | Salisbury University | Salisbury | MD | ||
178 | 2017 | Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral | Raleigh | NC | ||
179 | 2019 | Venice Performing Arts Center | Venice | FL | ||
October 3, 2020 | Park Avenue Presbyterian Church | Park Avenue Presbyterian Church | New York City | NY | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/01/2102539/0/en/Central-Presbyterian-Church-Celebrates-the-Dedication-of-a-Fully-Restored-Bell-Tower-and-New-50-Bell-Carillon.html |
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