Bell Tower
Bell Tower is a tower in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia which is located on North 9th Street. Bell Tower is situated nearby to the courthouse Virginia Supreme Court Building, as well as near the historic site Main Street Banking Historic District.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Smash the Iron Cage, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: bell tower in Richmond, Virginia
- Also known as: “Capitol Square Bell Tower” and “Old Bell Tower”
- Address: 101 North 9th Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Virginia State Capitol and Virginia Supreme Court Building.
Virginia State Capitol
Government office
Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.
The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond, the state capital. It houses the oldest elected legislative body in North America, the Virginia General Assembly, first established as the House of Burgesses in 1619. Virginia State Capitol is situated 500 feet east of Bell Tower.
Virginia Supreme Court Building
Courthouse
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Virginia Supreme Court Building is a courthouse.
Main Street Banking Historic District
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Main Street Banking Historic District is a national historic district located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 19 contributing buildings located south of the Virginia State Capitol and west of the Shockoe Slip Historic District. Main Street Banking Historic District is situated 360 feet south of Bell Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shockoe Slip and Downtown Richmond.
Shockoe Slip
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Shockoe Slip is a district in the downtown area of Richmond, Virginia. The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former James River and Kanawha Canal.
Downtown Richmond
Photo: Bruce Emmerling, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Downtown district of Richmond includes the business district, Shockoe, Jackson Ward and Tobacco Row.
Monroe Ward
Neighborhood
Photo: Jhw57, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monroe Ward is a historic neighborhood in Downtown Richmond. It is east of the Fan district and includes several apartment buildings, usually with VCU students living in them.
Bell Tower
- Categories: bell tower, heritage site, building, and historic site
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.53895° or 37° 32′ 20″ northLongitude
-77.4353° or 77° 26′ 7″ westElevation
135 feet (41 metres)Inception
1824Open location code
8794GHQ7+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 658620590OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerGeoNames ID
4746431Wikidata ID
Q121323871
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Bell Tower” goes by many names.
- French: “clocher-tour”
- French: “Clocher-tour”
- German: “Glockenturm”
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