Wesleyan Bell Tower

Wesleyan Bell Tower

Statues/Monuments

The C.S. Bell Compony in Hillsboro, Ohio manufactured the Wesleyan Bell. It is believed that the bell was put on top of Welseyan Hall when the college reopened as State Normal School in 1872. The last know account of the bell being rung occurred in 1910. It was used to warn of a fire that had broken out in Wesleyan Hall. The bell was removed sometime after that. There are reports that the bell was found in storage in 1951, but nothing was done with it. In 2002, the bell was again found, this time in a university basement during renovations. Alumni and school officials worked to refurbish the bell and create a tower for its display. The total project cost $110,000.

Claire Eagle, University of North Alabama

Robert Steen, "History of the Wesleyan Bell," University of North Alabama, 2004.

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

2002

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