Harkness Tower, Gothic tower at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
The Harkness Tower rises 216 feet from a square base to a double stone crown with stone finials on an octagonal foundation at Yale University.
Anna M. Harkness funded the construction of the tower between 1917 and 1921 as a memorial to her son Charles William Harkness, Yale class of 1883.
The tower contains the Yale Memorial Carillon, a 54-bell instrument played by the Yale Guild of Carillonneurs throughout the academic year.
Visitors can climb 284 steps through nine stories to reach the top, passing four large copper clock faces that mark time for the campus.
The tower's height of 216 feet corresponds to the number of years between Yale's founding in 1701 and the structure's completion in 1921.
Location: Connecticut
Inception: 1921
Architects: James Gamble Rogers
Architectural style: Collegiate Gothic
Floors above the ground: 9
GPS coordinates: 41.30930,-72.92940
Latest update: March 10, 2025 05:24
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