Leonidas Polk Memorial Carillon - Sewanee, Tennessee - Carillon on Waymarking.com

The Leonidas Polk Memorial Carillion was a gift to the University by his great-grand son William Dudley Gale. While Leonidas Polk was a famous general for the Confederacy, he was also known as Bishop Polk. He is one of the leading founders of the University of the South and even laid a corner stone to the first building in 1860.

A recording of the Carillon: (visit link)

"William Dudley Gale, of Nashville, Tennessee, a Sewanee alumnus, gave the Leonidas Polk Memorial Carillon in memory of his great-grandfather, and the dedication took place on April 12, 1959.

The fifty-six-bell Leonidas Polk Memorial Carillon, ranging nearly five octaves, at the time of installation was the third largest in the world judged by number of bells. It is fortunate that the tower was designed especially for it (carillons are more often installed in existing towers), thus permitting the maximum tonal quality of the bells to be heard when they are played. Shapard Tower, rising 134 feet into the air, the gift of the Robert P. Shapard family of Griffin, Georgia, received its bells as it grew, the first being installed during the summer of 1958 and the last during the fall. The tower and carillon are a part of Sewanee’s new All Saints Chapel, even in its former state considered the most used Episcopal Church in the South." - (visit link)

Location: 735 University Avenue Sewanee, Tennessee United States of America 37383 Who controls the carillon?: University of the South Number of bells: 50 Year of construction: 01/01/1958 Structure: Part of the All Saints Chapel Location web page: [Web Link] Schedule of regular public performances: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
An original photograph of the carillon is required. One of you and your crew doing your very best imitation of Quasimodo and/or Esmeralda will be most appreciated.

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