People working in the Jordan Hall bell tower

Description:	A person works in the Jordan Hall bell tower. In his book, Butler University: a Sesquicentennial History, George M. Waller writes In 1863, to facilitate regulation of the college day, the directors asked Ovid Butler to obtain a college bell. Duly hung in the tower, it signaled the start of classes. When the university moved to Irvington, the bell moved with it. It hung in the cupola atop the main building where it rang for each recitation hour until one day when it slipped its mooring and crashed down through the ceiling below. No one was injured, but the bell cracked. When the university moved again, the bell was repaired and brought to Fairview where it hung for years in the highest tower of Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall. It is now on display in the entryway of Robertson Hall, but it rings no more (p. 53).
Origin:	1996-12-11
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BldgsGrnds/id/1352
Collection:	Butler University Buildings and Grounds Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Geography:	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 39.838924, -86.173076 39.838924 -86.173076
Subjects:	Butler University--Buildings College buildings Bells Bell towers Ladders Rope Construction projects Construction workers Butler University--History Indianapolis (Ind.)--History People Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall Jordan Hall Fairview campus

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