Nancy Brown Peace Carillon
The Nancy Brown Peace Carillon is a bell tower containing an electronic carillon on Detroit's Belle Isle. It is dedicated to peace and named after Nancy Brown, the pseudonym of The Detroit News columnist Mrs.Photo: Richard Landskroener, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dossin Great Lakes Museum and Belle Isle Conservatory.
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Museum
Belle Isle Conservatory
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The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory is a greenhouse and a botanical garden located on Belle Isle, a 982-acre island park located on the Detroit River within Detroit, Michigan. Belle Isle Conservatory is situated 890 feet northeast of Nancy Brown Peace Carillon.
Belle Isle Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: Rmhermen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Belle Isle Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by noted architects George D. Mason and Albert Kahn, it opened on August 18, 1904, and was the oldest continually operating public aquarium in North America when it closed on April 3, 2005. Belle Isle Aquarium is situated 990 feet northeast of Nancy Brown Peace Carillon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Village and Indian Village.
West Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
West Village is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded by Jefferson, Kercheval, Parker, and Seyburn Avenues. Adjacent to the west is the Islandview neighborhood, and adjacent to the east is Indian Village.
Indian Village
Neighborhood
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Indian Village is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded to the north and south by Mack Avenue and East Jefferson Avenue, respectively, along the streets of Burns, Iroquois, and Seminole. Indian Village is situated 2 miles north of Nancy Brown Peace Carillon.
Lafayette Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lafayette Park is a neighborhood located east of Downtown Detroit. It contains a residential area of some 4,900 people and covers 0.37 sq mi. The northern section, planned and partially built in the 1950s by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2015. Lafayette Park is situated 2½ miles west of Nancy Brown Peace Carillon.
Nancy Brown Peace Carillon
- Type: Building
- Description: carillon on Detroit’s Belle Isle dedicated to peace
- Categories: carillon and tourism
- Location: Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.3352° or 42° 20′ 7″ northLongitude
-82.98851° or 82° 59′ 19″ westInception
1940Levels
5Height
98 feet (30 metres)Operator
Michigan Department of Natural ResourcesOpen location code
86JV82P6+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 659605208OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=yesWikidata ID
Q45687958
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In Other Languages
“Nancy Brown Peace Carillon” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Carillón de la Paz Nancy Brown Peace”
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