A Tour of the Bell Tower of Christ and St. Luke's Church, Norfolk, VA

A Tour of the Bell Tower of Christ & St. Luke's Church, Norfolk, VA
with Kevin Kwan, Director of Music
www.christandstlukes.org

The Bell Tower of Christ & St. Luke's Church rises 134 feet tall and can be seen for miles around. A four-stage crenellated tower, adorned with pinnacles and crockets, the Tower is a local landmark featured on many pictorial designs of Norfolk. Construction began in 1908 in the English Perpendicular Gothic style designed by Watson and Huckle Architects of Philadelphia. The Tower houses a bell cast by the Meneely Bell Foundry of West Troy, NY from 1860. The bell was located at the original Christ Church building in downtown Norfolk and moved to the present church building in 1910. The bell, believed to be the oldest bell in Norfolk, weights 1,218 pounds and is 42 inches in diameter. It is still heard each Sunday for services and for special occasions like weddings and funerals. The Tower also houses the walk-in wind chest of the original 1915 Austin organ op. 619, emptied of pipes in 1963.

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