Nauvoo Bell
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LocationSalt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
TypeBell tower

The Nauvoo Bell, also known as the Relief Society Memorial Campanile, is a bell tower in Salt Lake City's Temple Square, in the U.S. state of Utah.[1][2]

It is also the name of the 1,500-pound bell in that tower, which was brought from Nauvoo, Illinois by pioneers. According to the Deseret News, "it's generally believed the bell was a gift from English converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when they arrived in Nauvoo", and it was hung in the tower of the Nauvoo Temple.[1]

The 35-foot tower displays multiple sculptures,[3] including 1942 works by Avard Fairbanks. Benevolence depicts women and children and measures approximately 4 feet tall by 3 feet wide.[4] Pioneering has the same dimensions and depicts a family with one man, one women, and two children.[5] Both works, collectively known as the Bell Tower Plaques, were surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Arave, Lynn (2005-06-23). "Nauvoo Bell's 'clang' is back on KSL Radio". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  2. ^ "Nauvoo Bell Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Archived from the original on 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  3. ^ "Nauvoo Bell Tower & Relief Society Memorial | Utah Historical Markers". Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  4. ^ a b "Benevolence, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Pioneering, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021.

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