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E. Howard Clock Company,
Moorman, Lester,
Object -- Musical Instrument
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
Sculpture
(Old City Hall Bell), (sculpture).
Artist:
E. Howard Clock Company, fabricator.
Moorman, Lester, contractor.
Title:
(Old City Hall Bell), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
(City Hall Bell), (sculpture).
(Bell), (sculpture).
Dates:
1906. Reinstalled Jan. 5, 1953.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bell: bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Bell: approx. 3 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft. x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 9 in. x 6 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 4 in. (2 tons).
Inscription:
(On upper front of bell, raised:) MENEELY & CO., WEST TROY, N.Y. 1906. (On middle front of bell, raised:) THE E. HOWARD CLOCK CO../BOSTON - NEW YORK - CHICAGO./1906. (On plaque on front of base, raised:) THIS BELL/IS THE ONLY EXISTING RELIC/OF DENVER'S OLD CITY HALL/BUILT ON THIS SITE IN 1883/AND RAZED IN 1936 (sic) Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Large bronze bell, no longer functional, mounted as a commemorative piece on a concrete base.
Subject:
Object -- Musical Instrument -- Bell
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City & County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture, and Film, 303 West Colfax, Suite 615, Denver, Colorado 80204
Located 14th & Larimer Streets, Denver, Colorado
Provenance:
Formerly located Old City Hall, 14th & Larimer Streets, bell tower, Denver, Colorado 1906-1946.
Remarks:
This bell was installed in the bell tower of Denver's old City Hall in 1906, to replace the original bell which was destroyed by fire in 1901. The bell remained in the bell tower until most of the building was razed in 1946. The bell was saved from destruction, and in 1953, it was mounted on a concrete base on the site of the old City Hall. Lester Moorman was contractor for the 1953 installation. IAS files contain copies of newspaper articles from Rocky Mountain News, May 10, 1935, pg. 9, which includes historical information about both the old and the new bells; Rocky Mountain News, Nov. 12, 1946, pg. 5, which discusses plans for razing the old City Hall building and the unknown fate of the bell, and includes a photograph of the bell in the bell tower; and Rocky Mountain News, Jan. 6, 1953, pg. 16-17, which discusses and includes a photograph of the reinstallation. IAS files also contain numerous newspaper articles and unpublished archival material pertaining to the history of the old City Hall building itself.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
Rocky Mountain News, Jan. 6, 1953, pg. 16-17.
Rocky Mountain News, Nov. 12, 1946, pg. 5.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Rocky Mountain News, Jan. 6, 1953, pg. 17.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS CO000042
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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