Word: tower
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Five years ago there was only sand and a few pines on this spot. But Mr. Bok caused a slender Gothic tower, of pink Georgia marble and tan Florida coquina stone, to be erected. Delicately balanced in the top is the largest carillon in the U. S.? At the tower's base is a pool, surrounded by exotic trees and shrubs. Mr. Bok calls this place the "Taj Mahal of America." It was to dedicate this U. S. Taj that President Coolidge had gone to Florida...
...main purpose of this sanctuary and tower is to preach the gospel of beauty...
...were scandalized, last week, when languorous Miss Georges Lewys, a once branded* California poet-novelist was officially decorated by the French Government and notified that a volume of her poems will be placed in a crystal casket on a marble base at the entrance to the great Memorial Tower at Verdun...
Along with the announcement that a tower, containing memorial tablets to those who died during the World War, would be built at the side of the new chapel instead of being incorporated into it, it was stated that the whole memorial would cost $1,300,000 instead of $1,000,000 as previously estimated. About $8000,000 has now been subscribed and $500,000 more is being sought...
...possible that a carillon may be put into the tower since a steeple suitable for one is contained in the plans. The tower is planned in such a way as to allow it to be open although the chapel may be closed but both will be closely connected...