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Discover the history behind the Bell Tower | UNC-Chapel Hill

The Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower is an iconic symbol — and soundtrack — of the Carolina campus that has been on Carolina’s campus for 94 years. But how much do you know about its history? The tower was offered to Carolina on March 10, 1930, by John Motley Morehead, an 1891 Carolina graduate, and Rufus Lenoir Patterson, who graduated in 1893. The two agreed to split the costs and fully fund the tower in honor of their family members, whose names…
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