Concordia Seminary Bell - St. Louis, Missouri
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BruceS
N 38° 38.276 W 090° 18.628
15S E 734092 N 4280030
Bell located in small plaza in front of Luther Tower on the campus of Concordia Seminary in suburban St. Louis.
Waymark Code: WM1996
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2007
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This bell was made in 1883 for the former campus of the seminary, then in south Saint Louis. It was cast by the J. G. Stuckstede & Bro., bell foundry of St. Louis. J. G. Stuckstede & Bro. was begun in 1855 by Johann Gerhard Stuckstede, and was operated for several years as J.G.Stuckstede & Co. In 1863 the original partnership broke up; J.G.Stuckstede then took his much younger brother Henry as a junior partner, thus forming J.G.Stuckstede & Bro. Between 1883 and 1884, the company changed its name to Henry Stuckstede & Co. upon the retirement of Johann Gerhard.
Nearby Luther Tower contains a carillon of 49 bells, which for many years was the only carillon in the state of Missouri.
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