Memorial Tower - University of Missouri - Columbia, Missouri
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BruceS
N 38° 56.699 W 092° 19.502
15S E 558492 N 4310887
Gothic tower built as a memorial to the students who died as servicemen in World War I.
Waymark Code: WM3M78
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/19/2008
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Northeast from the library, at the east end of Lowry Street, MEMORIAL
TOWER, a Gothic-type native white-limestone structure rising 140 feet, forms an
entrance arch to White Campus. The Tower, dedicated as a World War memorial in
1926, contains tablets inscribed with the names of 118 students who lost their
lives in the war. The illuminated clock over the archway, and the chimes were
added in 1936. ~ from Missouri: A Guide to the "Show Me" State, 1941,
Columbia section pg. 213
The Memorial Tower has been has been expanded and is now call Memorial Union
and serves as the student union. Building also houses other student
oriented departments.