Courthouse Bell Tower - Fredericksburg, VA
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garmin_geek
N 38° 18.116 W 077° 27.572
18S E 284932 N 4242178
The first courthouse on the site of the current courthouse for the Circuit Court for the City of Fredericksburg was built between 1736 and 1740.
Waymark Code: WMBCA0
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 05/04/2011
Views: 6
"The present courthouse, designed by James Renwick in the French Gothic style, was completed in 1852, replacing the original building which was demolished. James Renwick later designed "The Castle" of the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The current courthouse has been renovated twice - once shortly after World War II and, to a lesser extent, in 1991/2.
The courthouse tower houses a six hundred pound bronze bell made at the Paul Revere Foundry in Boston, one of one hundred and thirty-four surviving Revere Foundry bells and the only known Revere bell in Virginia. The bell was donated to the Corporation of Fredericksburg in 1828 by Silas Wood, of New York, who married Miss Julia Ann Chew Brock of Fredericksburg in 1816."
Address of Tower:
815 Princess Anne Street
Fredericksburg, VA USA
22401
Number of bells in tower?: 1
Relevant website?: [Web Link]
Rate tower: 
Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Unknown
Still Operational: Not Listed
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