- Shafer Tower
Infobox University campus
university = Ball State University
color = #CC2233
name = Shafer Tower
picture = Ball-state-university-bell-tower.jpg
pic_caption = Shafer Tower
use =Campanile
style = Modern
erected =2001
location = Center of McKiney Avenue
coor = coord|40.20380783|-85.40800476|display=inline,title
campus = main
namesake = Phyllis and Hamer Shafer
architect = Edmund Hafer Associates
free_label = Bells incarillon
free = 48
website = [http://cms.bsu.edu/About/HistoryAndMission/CampusLandmarksAndTraditions/ShaferTower.aspx Shafer Tower Website]Shafer Tower is a 150-foot tall
campanile withcarillon bells located in the middle of the campus ofBall State University .Despite being dedicated fairly recently in
2002 ,Shafer Tower has become an unofficial landmark of Ball State University. It is a free-standingbell tower , orcampanile , that is equipped with acarillon . It is located in themedian of McKinley Avenue on University Green, the northern quadrangle of campus.A small staircase in the tower leads to a control room of the carillon, which has 48 custom-made bells. From here a musician can play the instrument on special occasions or for concerts. But usually, the bells are programmed by computer to automatically chime every 15 minutes between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Due to a construction defect in the type of cement used to build the tower, most of Shafer Tower literally had to be built twice. [cite web | title=Shafer Tower remains on schedule | publisher=The Ball State Daily News |url=http://media.www.bsudailynews.com/media/storage/paper849/news/2001/11/20/News/Shafer.Tower.Remains.On.Schedule-1298157.shtml | accessdate=2007-06-23] The architect of record was Edmund Hafer Associates of
Evansville, Indiana . [cite web | title=Shafer Tower Progress Report | publisher=College of Architecture and Planning | url=http://www.bsu.edu/cap/media/pdf/recap_2001_spring.pdf | accessdate=2007-01-07]References
External links
* [http://www.bsu.edu/students/admissions/article/0,1370,136111-9951-23250,00.html Official web site]
* [http://libx.bsu.edu/collection.php?CISOROOT=%2Fphoto Ball State Campus Photographs from Ball State University Libraries Digital Media Repository]
* [http://www.bsu.edu/library/collections/archives/univarchives/ Ball State University Archives] Features photographs, blueprints, and other materials related to the construction of the Ball State campus
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