Ballards Church of Christ Bell Rings Again

Since 1826, at that place have been two Meneely Founderies, based on either side of the Hudson River in New York state.

The outset Meneely bell foundry was established in 1826 in West Troy (now Watervliet), New York,^[1] by Andrew Meneely, a former apprentice in the foundry of Benjamin Hanks.^[2] Two of Andrew'southward sons continued to operate the foundry later his death, and information technology remained a family unit operation until its closure.

The 2nd Meneely bell foundry was established in 1870 by a third son, Clinton H. Meneely, across the river in Troy, New York. Initially he was in partnership with George H. Kimberly, under the name Meneely & Kimberly; this second foundry was reorganized in 1879 as the Clinton H. Meneely Bong Company, and then afterwards equally the Meneely Bell Visitor. Like its related competitor, it remained a family operation until its closure.

Business organisation cards for both of the competing Meneely bell foundries appearing in the Troy Daily Times May 20, 1891

The two foundries competed vigorously (and sometimes bitterly) with each other. Together, they produced about 65,000 bells before they both closed in 1952.^{[3] [4]}

Locations of bells from the "Kickoff Meneely Bell Foundry" [edit]

List of known locations of Meneely foundries bells from the First Meneely Foundry (Due west Troy. est. 1826):

Memorial in Watertown, Massachusetts

National Patriots Bell Tower, Washington Memorial Chapel

The 42" one,320 lbs. belfry bong of Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Mountain View, California

Washington Memorial Chapel and National Patriots Bell Tower, which holds a Meneely carillon

United states of america [edit]

New York [edit]

• The Church Troy [Troy, NY], formerly St. Paul the Campaigner Roman Catholic Church, had a Troy Meneely bell installed that was ordered on June thirty, 1898. The bell weighs 4062 pounds, is 59 inches in bore across the lesser opening, and its primary tone would be a C-sharp.
• Saint Michael'south Church building (Rochester, New York) has ii bells, cast in 1847, the larger bell weighing ane,015 pounds, the small bell weighing 525 pounds.
• Kickoff Presbyterian Church of Avon, New York. Church building congenital in 1812, 33", 700 pound Meneely Bell dated 1848.
• Bard College Bell Tower, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Bell Fabricated by Meneely Bong Visitor, Troy, New York, 1860 Bronze Bell
• Saint Andrew'due south Catholic Church in Norwood, New York, has a 3,100 lb bong of ingot copper and E India tin in a 70-foot (21 m) belfry.^[5]
• Saint Anthony's Church in Albany, New York
• Ovid Federated Church, Ovid, New York (Meneely & Co, 1880)
• Albany City Hall in 1882 (relocated to Lincoln Park in 1927), Albany, New York
• Central United Methodist Church building in Endicott, New York
• First United Methodist Church building in Endicott, New York
• Former Centenary Methodist Church building in New City, New York, currently a private residence
• Trinity Church, Manhattan, N.Y. Ii bells by Meleely are present in the original band of eight; the tenor bell (weighing 27 hundredweight, two quarters and ane pound) dating from 1846 in the key of D, and the small chiming bell (weighing 3 hundredweight, 1 quarter and 19 pounds) in the fundamental of East. The band of viii was replaced by a new and slightly lighter ring of twelve (the first and only peal of twelve in the United States^[6]) in 2006 by Taylors, Eare and Smith of Loughborough, United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. The original ring of eight are still present in the tower, but are hung expressionless every bit chiming bells.^[7]
• Jamesville Community Museum, former Episcopal church built in 1878 in Jamesville, New York^[8]
• Saugerties Lighthouse, Saugerties, New York^[ix]
• Church of the Ascension, Rockville Centre, North.Y. Originally cast for Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, North.Y. in 1873. Sold to Meneely and re-bought in 1888.
• Reformed Dutch Church of Claverack, N.Y.
• Onetime Vernon Eye Presbyteran Church, Vernon Center, N.Y. (1844), A. Meneely W Troy New York
• Carlisle Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, N.Y.
• Sherburne-Earlville Central School, Sherburne, Northward.Y. (1834), A. Meneely Due west Troy, Due north.Y. #13460
• Niskayuna Reformed Church, Niskayuna, N.Y. #12309
• Christ Church of Clarkson, New York (1846). The church building was established in 1816 and the building completed in 1825.
• St. James' Episcopal Church, Lake George, New York. The bell is inscribed "Meneelys' West Troy, North.Y. 1860."^{[ commendation needed ]}
• Church of St. Sacrament, Bolton Landing on Lake George, New York. The statuary bell is inscribed "Meneely'southward W, Troy, NY, Presented to the Church of St. Sacrament, Bolton Landing, Lake George past Stephen G. Lee, of Brooklyn, NY, A. D. 1867". The iron bell yoke is inscribed "Meneely'southward Rotating Yoke".^{[ commendation needed ]}
• Hawkeye-Matt Lee Fire House, 35 Washington Street, Ballston Spa, NY. The bong is inscribed "Meneely Bell Foundry West Troy, N.Y. 1873." and the yoke is inscribed "Meneely'south Rotary Yoke. Patented Oct. 9th 1860."
• First Presbyterian Church of Seneca Falls NY. Church was built in 1873. Bell has inscribed Meneely & Kimberly. Wood Rotary Yoke with hammer as well. ^[x]

New Bailiwick of jersey [edit]

• Crane-Phillips House in Cranford, New Jersey The bell was formerly located at the Key Railroad of New Jersey's Liberty Street Ferry Terminal in Manhattan
• Outset Presbyterian Church of Cranford, New Bailiwick of jersey.
• New Providence University of New Providence, New Jersey.
• Get-go United Methodist Church of Westfield, New Jersey
• Columbia High School, New Bailiwick of jersey
• Newton Presbyterian Church in Newton, New Jersey^[11]

New Jersey

• Blvd Eastward, Weehawken, New Jersey
• Residence Inn past Marriott, Westward Orangish, New Bailiwick of jersey. The bong is located exterior of the hotel.
• St. Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church building in New Brunswick, New Jersey^[12]
• The Blawenburg Reformed Church, 424 Route 518 Skillman, NJ 08558 in the historic village of Blawenburg. The bell is dated 1860.

Meneely Bell Company, 1915 Casting of the Suffrage "Liberty Bong" at Troy, New York

Pennsylvania [edit]

• St Peter's Episcopal Church building, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania.^[13]
• Saint Peter Cathedral in Erie, Pennsylvania
• Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge, Pa. The National Patriots Bong Belfry carillon at Valley Forge National Historical Park
• Washington Memorial Chapel. The permanent location of the "Justice Bong" (aka "Women's Freedom Bell"), cast in 1915 and defended to the women's suffrage movement.
• Scranton Lace Factory, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
• Trinity Reformed Church (now Trinity United Church of Christ), Holland, Pennsylvania. (1930) A carillon of 25 bells. The first consummate tuned carillon past Meneeley, Watervliet.
• First Presbyterian Church of York, York, Pennsylvania (1861) Bong with Rotating Yoke
• Tower of Old Principal, Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
• The United Methodist Church of Pittston, Pittston, Pennsylvania, dated 1854
• Lutheran Church building of Enders. The church is now privately owned. Bong dated 1874.
• St. James' Episcopal Church building (Perkiomen) located in Collegeville, PA. Bell is inscribed to "St. James Protestant Episcopal Church Perkiomen 1868" on one side and "In thanksgiving for the ending of the rebellion" on the other.
• Brickerville United Lutheran Church formally (Warwick Lutheran Church building) located in Brickerville, Pa. The bell is dated 1884.
• Seelyville Wedlock Chapel (861 Maple Ave., Honesdale, Pennsylvania) - bell dated 1904, "Dedicated Oct. 17th, 1902 - Erected December.? 1904"

Connecticut [edit]

• Bulkley Memorial Carillon in Danbury, Connecticut
• Russell Chapel at Indian Hill Cemetery in Middletown, Connecticut^[14]
• Meriden Urban center Hall, Meriden, Connecticut. Bell reads: Clinton H. Meneely Bell Company, Troy, N.Y. A.D. 1891. Bell hung inside Metropolis Hall Clock Tower, attached to an E. Howard & Co. clock .
• Torrington Burn down Department Headquarters, Torrington, Connecticut. Meneely & Co. 1900. Bell originally hung in the tower at the headquarters station congenital in 1900. The station still stands and is now individual property. The bell was removed and placed in the lobby of the nowadays headquarters station side by side door at 111 Water Street and is attainable for public viewing.
• St. Mary Cosmic Church, Bethel, Connecticut.(this bong was in the original church building, located on Greenwood Ave. in Bethel but was taken out of the steeple and placed on display backside the "new" church on Dodgingtown Road)
• Bloomfield, Connecticut
• Christ_Episcopal_Church_(Bethlehem,_CT)

Rhode Island [edit]

• Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode Isle
• Emanuel Lutheran Church building, West Warwick, Rhode Island.

Massachusetts [edit]

• Abbot Hall (Marblehead, Massachusetts)
• Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Massachusetts. "Cushing University, Ashburnham, MA". </ref> The bell was cast in 1893 and is 5' in diameter. The bell is manually struck on graduation day, September 11th, and special occasions only.
• Millbury Baptist Church, Millbury, Massachusetts. Bong fabricated by Clinton H. Meneely Bong Company, Troy, Due north.Y. A.D. 1884 – Bronze Bong
• First Baptist Church of Arlington Massachusetts^[15] The bong was cast in 1903 and is five' in diameter. The bell is manually struck on special occasions only.
• Memorial in Watertown, Massachusetts (The former Offset Baptist Church of Watertown at 134 Mountain Auburn Street)
• 2d Congregational Church, Westfield, Massachusetts (bandage in 1867; in 1962, moved to the church's new building simply mounted on the grounds exterior.
• Westport Point United Methodist Church, Westport Point, MA - Bell inscribed with "Meneelys', Due west Troy, Northward.Y."; The bell is bronze, 78% copper, 22% tin can, and is mounted in the church steeple. It is 23 inches in diameter and 18 inches tall and is estimated to weigh 250 lbs.

The Eastward Congregational Church building in Ware, Massachusetts (at present the United Church of Ware, afterwards merging with the Ware Methodist Church in 1968) has a Meneely Bell, which was defended June ii,1926. The E Congregational Church burned in 1925 and the original bell crashed to the footing and was broken.

• The bell from Cosmian Hall in Florence, Massachusetts at present on the grounds of the Florence Civic Clan is a Meneely Bell from 1863.

Maine [edit]

• Mattawamkeag Church of God in Mattawamkeag, Maine (Dated 1900)^[xvi]

Vermont [edit]

• Berlin Congregational Church, Berlin Center, Vermont
• Wilder Heart, Wilder, Vermont^[17]
• Saint Peter'south Catholic Church building, Rutland, Vermont
• Brattleboro Marriage High School, Brattleboro, Vermont
• Williston Town Hall, Williston, Vermont

New Hampshire [edit]

• Thompson Hall, University of New Hampshire – Durham, New Hampshire

Maryland [edit]

• Asbury United Methodist Church building in Crisfield, Maryland
• Joseph Dill Bakery Memorial Carillon in Baker Park, in Frederick, Maryland
• Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (now a retreat firm), Hillsboro, Maryland^[eighteen]

Virginia [edit]

• Alexandria City Hall, Alexandria, Va. The inscription cast on the bong reads "Steeple, clock and bong presented to the Metropolis of his nativity by an esteemed citizen. Alexandria, VA, A.D. 1872"
• Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, Spotsylvania, Virginia^[nineteen]
• Eastern State Hospital Medical Library, Building No. iii, Williamsburg, Virginia (1886) Bong was originally utilized to signify curfews and special events at the nation'southward oldest psychiatric hospital, established in 1773.
• Christ and St. Luke'due south Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Va. (1860) The bong was formerly at the original site of Christ Church, Norfolk and moved to its nowadays location when the parish moved in 1909. The bell is inscribed "Christ Church, Norfolk. A.D. 1860" and is thought to be the oldest bell in Norfolk.

Georgia [edit]

• Atlanta First United Methodist Church (Originally Wesley Chapel), Atlanta, Ga. Bandage in 1850, it survived the civil war while virtually of Atlanta'southward other bells were melted downward to brand cannons. Rings every Dominicus morning at beginning of worship

• Downtown Athens, Georgia (Liberty Bell replica)

• Lupton Hall Carillon at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia

• Lovely Lane Chapel at Epworth By The Sea on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Chapel congenital in 1880 and the bell was cast in 1881.

• Trenton, Georgia (Privately owned by the families of Raymond, William, and David Bennett), inscription reads "Meneelys West Troy, NY – Mountain Urban center Fire Department, Rome, Georgia, 1870" – This item statuary bong hung in the burn station belfry in Rome Georgia, over the horse-drawn hook and ladder equipment, and would exist rung whenever necessary to telephone call volunteer firefighter to duty. During World War II the old station was torn down. Because of the shortage of metallic, the old bronze bell was sold to an part of the Anniston Scrap Materials Visitor, located in Rome, Georgia. Eventually, the Rome office was closed and all the inventory from the scrap metal visitor was moved to Anniston, Alabama. There, a supervisor noticed the bell with its inscription and date of 1870, and sent a message back to the Rome fire department by the driver of a breadstuff truck, stating that the onetime bell from the burn department had not been destroyed as even so. Back at the fire station in Rome, Raymond Bennett, veteran firefighter, showed involvement and drove all the way to Anniston, Alabama to find out about the bell. The supervisor at the Anniston Fleck Metal Materials Company said that if anybody was interested to make the drive all the way from Rome, Georgia to Anniston, Alabama, and so he could have the bell free of charge. Raymond Bennett paid merely the shipping charges of $4.89 to have the 750 pound bell shipped to Rome a week later. The bell hung in Bennett's thousand for approximately x years in Rome, Georgia. That was in the mid-1940s, during Globe State of war Two. In 1956, Raymond Bennett moved to New Smyrna Embankment, Florida and took the bell with him, where it sat mounted in his front yard for another 30 years. Upon his death, the bell was then moved to Sanford, Florida for approximately xx years in the backyard of his son'due south home, that of William (Bill) Bennett. In 2006, William's son, William David Bennett moved from Brazil, South America where he was a missionary with his family, to Trenton, Georgia. His parents, Bill and Ruth Bennett, were moved to Trenton to alive with their son and his family. The bong went forth and has been mounted in the forepart yard of David and Vicki Bennett's home in Trenton, Georgia since Apr 2007.^[20]

North Carolina [edit]

• Christ Church, New Bern, North Carolina, 1875, replacing bell destroyed in fire.

• Kickoff Baptist Church building, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1886, replacing the original bell of about 1859

• Christ Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1860. The vestry records say of the 1860 bell: "The 2d bell weighing over 1200 lbs. was bought of Meneeley & Co, West Troy Due north. Y. (J. M. McKimmon Treas. of the Vestry) August 14th 1860. Information technology served the parish faithfully till the summertime of 1889, when it was establish to be croaky and no longer fit for utilize."
• Christ Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1890. The vestry minutes say of the 1890 bell: "[R]esolved that the Rector be requested to gild a new bell of Meneely & Co. on the terms stated in their letter of Sept. 12, 1889, with the understanding that R. B. Raney Esq. [married man of Olivia Raney] make practiced any deficit not to exceed $75.00 that may be due at the time the bell is delivered which he has so generously offered to exercise & further that the Rector exist requested to convey to Mr. Raney the thanks of the Vestry for his most commendable zeal and liberality." Farther "The third (and present) bell of remarkably fine tone and quality weighing 2000 lbs. . . . called the congregation together for public worship for the beginning time on Easter Day April 6th 1890. The bong cost delivered here, as well the old broken bell given in part payment, $358.00 including mounting & c. consummate. Putting information technology in place in the tower cost $41.05 additional . . .. Making the whole cost $400.00 and the old bell."

Southward Carolina [edit]

• St. Matthew'southward German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Charleston, S Carolina. Set of 10 bells bandage in West Troy in 1901. Three bells added in 1966.
• Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina^[21]

Tennessee [edit]

• First Presbyterian Church building (Greeneville, Tennessee), inscription reads "Injured by burn and recast by Meneely & Co., Watervliet, NY 1928", rings every Sunday at the kickoff of worship

Other Southern states [edit]

• Prattville Male person & Female Academy (Prattville, Alabama)
• Saint Paul'due south Episcopal Church building, Federal Betoken, Florida Historical records indicate that the bong was purchased for $32 and was installed in the bell tower on Apr 22, 1883.

• Commencement Presbyterian Church, Gainesville, Florida. Bell cast in 1859 Cost unknown

Ohio [edit]

• A 1919 Meneely bong located at Woodbury Elementary Schoolhouse, Shaker Heights, Ohio, 44120. The bell was cast in 1919 and weighs 2,000 lbs.^[22]
• King Avenue United Methodist Church in Columbus, Ohio^[23]
• An 1883 bell from Ruskin Schoolhouse is in the anteroom of the new Ruskin School building, Dayton OH.

Illinois [edit]

• The Father'southward House Church, 302 Westward Stephenson St., Freeport, IL 61032. The bell was delivered in 1892 to celebrate the 50 year church jubilee. 2100 lbs.
• St. John Cantius Church building, Chicago, IL 60642. Iv Meneely bells defended in 1897: 5196 lbs., 2891 lbs., 1800 lbs., and 750 lbs.
• Perry, Illinois Church of Christ: bell was cast in 1855 (date on bong), simply was bought by the Perry Church of Christ congregation at a afterward date. Bong hung in church edifice dating to 1880 (placed on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of 'Carpenter Gothic' compages) until the building was destroyed by fire in 2014. The bong survived and is mounted in memorial park at the same site. The bell is about 29.5 inches in diameter.
• St. Paul Lutheran Church, Pontiac, Illinois ... purchased in the late 1860s.
• Second Congregational Church, Rockford, Illinois (bandage in 1865; in 1891, moved to the church's electric current location)
• St. Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois has iii bells in the church building that was dedicated in 1906.
• Lombard, Illinois, in the Maple Street Chapel (1870)
• Naperville, Illinois, on display at Naper Settlement
• Stone Island Arsenal Clock Tower in Rock Island, Illinois, has a 3,538 lb bell stamped "1867 Meneelys' W Troy, N.Y."^[24]
• Lacon Congregational Church, Lacon, Sick. (bong cast in 1890)
• St. Patrick'due south Catholic Church, Camp Grove, Ill. Dated 1904. Church building closed in 2013, bell now belongings of Peoria Cosmic Diocese.
• DeKalb Loftier School, Dekalb, Ill, dated 1912, originally installed along with clock in tower of 1903 (2nd) DeKalb Loftier Schoolhouse. Now on ground display at fourth DeKalb High Schoolhouse as of June 2011.^[25]
• Roscoe United Methodist Church, 10816 Primary St., Roscoe, Illinois, 61073 has a Meneely bong dated 1855. The bell was hung in the bell tower in 1856 of the original Methodist Episcopal Church built on this site in 1851. That building was razed in April, 1907 and the bong was and so hung in the new building on the same site, where it is still being rung equally of November, 2020.

Iowa [edit]

• A Meneeley & Co. bong dated 1891 sits in the Bell Chapel of the Christian Conference Center in Newton, Iowa. Originally installed in 1891 in the German language Congregational Church of Muscatine, Iowa, the building became dwelling house to the First Christian Church building (Disciples of Christ) of Muscatine in 1931. FCC Muscatine donated the bell in 1965 to the Christian Conference Center for the Center's Opening Dedication.
• University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa, dedicated in 1926^[26]
• Distraction School, Onawa, IA – Presented to Onawa Corporation in 1860 by Onawa Educational Sewing Gild.

Other Midwestern states [edit]

• Metropolis of Grand Rapids 1878 Burn Bell, Chiliad Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan. First hung in a temporary wooden burn belfry at Ottawa and Pearl Sts, 1878–1888 until it is installed in the tower of City Hall (1888–1969). It now stands at the entrance of the Grand Rapids Public Museum since 1995.
• Laingsburg United Methodist Church building, Laingsburg Mich. (1881 bell)
• Saint Stephen'due south Episcopal Church building, Sherman, Texas
• Salado Antique Mall, Salado, Texas. Currently on brandish. Manufacturers date of 1866. Meneely, West Troy, New York. No other inscription. Bell is intact and it has been placed on a represent brandish purposes. No information is bachelor as to where the bong was first installed.
• First United Methodist Church building, Crockett. Texas/ Currently in use. Manufacturer'south date of 1859, Meneely, Troy, New York. The church was organized on December 23, 1839.
• Minneapolis Metropolis Hall, Minneapolis, contains 10 bells from 1896 and 4 more added in 1923. Bells chinkle every quarter-hour. Live performances are regularly held past the Tower Bell Foundation.^[27]
• Immanuel Lutheran Church in Madison, Nebraska
• St. John (Quondam Stone) Lutheran Church Rural Benton Township Nemaha County, Nebraska. Cast in 1874 from a French cannon captured past the Prussian Army in the Franco-Prussian War and donated to the High german Immigrant Congregation past Prussian King Wilhelm I.
• First Congregation United Church building of Christ, Benton Harbor, MI
• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church building in Westward Curve, Wisconsin. Cast in 1892, approximately 1,100 lbs. The bong was acquired by the church in the 1960s from a church building that was merging in Rosendale, Wisconsin. It withal rings weekly, though not by its original yoke, which broke in 1998.^[28]
• Waterloo Public School in Waterloo, Wisconsin. Text on bell reads "Meneelys' West Troy, N. Y. 1865, Waterloo Academy, Founded 1862."
• St John EV Lutheran church in Whitewater, Wisconsin, 36" 900lbs, Fabricated in Watervliet 1924
• Christ Church building Cathedral, Indianapolis, Ind. Eight bells from Meneelys West Troy, N.Y. were installed in 1860, and a ninth bell was added in 1890. The bells still are used regularly.

Western states [edit]

• First Presbyterian Church (Portland, Oregon);^[29] installed in 1864, transferred in 1889 to new edifice, where it remains in use today^[xxx]
• Mt. Zion Baptist Church, formerly Deutsche Congregationale Zion Kirche (German Congregational Zion Church) in Portland, Oregon
• San Jose State University in San Jose, California "Bandage to commemorate the California State Normal School in 1881, this iii,000-pound bell was rung at viii a.m each morning until the convulsion that stilled its voice in 1903. In 1910, the bell was re-installed in the main building of the newly synthetic Tower Hall, where it was rung on special occasions. In the early 1960s, seismic concerns led to its retirement and relocation at ground level." Source credit: plaque on San Jose State campus.
• Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church building, Mountain View, California
• Church of the Nativity, Menlo Park, California
• Cathedral Church of St. Mark, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Star Hotel (Renamed the Keystone Hotel in 1926), Lampasas, Texas. Hotel was built every bit the stage coach stop for the Austin Stage in 1856. The bell was cast in 1860 and used by Mrs. Gracy, wife of the owner, to tell the residents of Lampasas when meals were being served at the hotel. At that fourth dimension the bell was located in a cupola on the roof. In the late 1890s the bell was relocated to a courtyard on the Due east side of the edifice when the roof was changed from wood shingle to metallic. (Facebook: Keystone Star Hotel)
• Culbertson Memorial Church, Casa Blanca, Arizona. The electric current church building was built in 1927, replacing an earlier edifice from 1897. The bell, which was cast in West Troy in 1898, currently hangs in front of the church.
• Filoli Historic Manor, Clock tower, c.1921 construction (bong is stamped 1856), Woodside, California

International [edit]

Canada [edit]

• St Lawrence Hall, Toronto, Ontario. (This bell, cast in 1849, is unused and most inaccessible in the cupola of St Lawrence Hall. ^[31]
• Wesley Knox United Church. Woodville, Nova Scotia. Canada.
• Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal. Dated 1917. Still in daily employ.
• Roddick Gates McGill University in Montreal
• Saint Thomas Anglican Church in Orrville, Ontario, inscription: "Meneely & Co West Troy NY – I was given past Friends in Depot Harbour in the Diocese of Algoma 1901 "When I practice ring, God's praises sing" "When I do toll, Praise centre and soul"
• Saint Andrew's Church in Boisdale, Nova Scotia, on Nov. 14, 1897. Fire destroyed the church in 1927.^[32]
• Church building of the Apostles St. James and St. Mathias, Glasgow St. Guelph, Ontario
• Cathedral Church of St. James, Toronto, Ontario
• The Former Schoolhouse, Camden East, Ontario.
• St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Maidstone Ontario [weight 2,244lbs] - Inscription: MENEELY & CO. Due west TROY / NEW YORK 1907 / EGO Vocalisation CLAMANTIS / PARATE VIAM DOMINI / PETER-MARY-PATRICK / ERECTED IN ST. MARY'Due south Church building / MAIDSTONE ONTARIO 1907 / A.M.D.Chiliad. / PNUS X. PONTIFEX / F P McEVAY EPISCONPUS / P McCABE PASTOR

Other international locations [edit]

• St. Helena Baptist Church, Jamestown Chapel, Jamestown, island of St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean. Bell from West Troy cast in 1852. Unsure of weight, but approx. peak and diameter at lesser lxx cm.^[33]
• Saint Anthony's Church (Svateho Antonina) in Strossmayerovo Namesti, Prague, Czech Democracy (encounter below)

Locations of bells from the "2nd Meneely Bell Foundry" [edit]

List of known locations of Meneely foundries bells from the Second Meneely Foundry (Troy, est. 1870):

United States [edit]

New Jersey [edit]

The Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook, Jump Brook, New Jersey. Bell is stamped, "Presented to The Presbyterian Church building of Spring Beck, A.D. 1909, In Retentiveness of, Louisa Davis Negus, past Her Hubby". Marked on dorsum "Meneely Bong Co., Troy, Due north.Y.".

New York [edit]

• Elim Bible Found, Lima, NY. The bell inscription reads 'Meneely & Kimberly, Founders, Troy N.Y. 1878.'

• Greece Baptist Church, Rochester, New York. The bell inscription reads 'Meneely & Kimberly, Founders, Troy N.Y. 1879.' It is on display in front of the Church building.
• St. Paul the Campaigner Church, Mechanicville, New York. The approximately 1900 lbs. bong was originally installed in the previous edifice in 1871, and moved to the present church building in 1919. It was made at a cost of $800.
• Most Holy Trinity Church building in Brooklyn, New York.
• Supposition Church – Staten Isle, Due north.Y. Assumption - St. Paul Parish. Bells dedicated August 6, 1922.^[34]
• SS. Cyril and Methodius Russian Orthodox Church in Hartshorne, Oklahoma. Inscription on the bell – MENEELY Bong Co., TROY Northward.Y., 1909
• *Firemen's Memorial Lot, Charlotte, North Carolina; Bell stamped Meneely & Co., Due west Troy, N.Y. 1881 (bell is for display only)
• First United Methodist Church building of Westfield, New Jersey. A unmarried ii,048 lb bell stamped Clinton H. Meneely Bell Company, Troy NY and dated 1886. Controlled to ring hourly, by a clock mechanism fabricated past the East. Howard & Co of Boston, MA from the same year. It was originally in an before wooden church building steeple and in 1910 was moved to its current stone church building steeple.
• Christs Church at Ballard Corners, Sparta, Michigan; Bell stamped Meneely'south Troy, N.Y. 1869
• Van Norden Carriage House at the Jay Heritage Eye Rye, New York; bell stamped "Meneely Bong Co. Troy, NY 1907"
• St. Mary'south Church building, Nassau, NY - Meneely Bell Co., Troy, N.Y, 1925. Approx 800 lbs.
• Holy Trinity Orthodox Church building, Elmira Heights, N.Y. Inscription on the bell – Meneely Bong Co., Troy, N.Y., 1916.
• North Creek United Methodist Church, North Creek, North.Y. Inscription on bell: Clinton H. Meneely Bell Company, Troy New York, A.D. 1887.
• Church building of the Good Shepherd], Granite Springs, New York. Inscriptions on the bong read, "To the Glory of God and In Retention of Samuel Jennings Potato and Serena Deas Spud...this bong is presented past their children...1908," and "Meneely Bell Co. Troy, Northward. Y."
• Kickoff Baptist Church building, Watertown New York; Bell stamped Meneely Bell Company, 1901. Troy, New York. ssm

Connecticut [edit]

• United Congregational Church, Bridgeport, Conn., 1926.
• St. Michael'due south Episcopal Church, Litchfield, Conn., 1920 inscribed on the bell "Bandage in 1920 for the fourth St. Michaels's Church building, replacing the bell of 1855, which in turn replaced the beginning bell of 1828, Adeste Fidelis." Meneely and Visitor Bellfoundry, Watervliet, New York.
• St. Peter's Episcopal Church Monroe, Connecticut. Meneely & Co. (of Troy) bell was raised on Oct xix, 1875 (replacing a bong from 1812) and first rung on October 24.

Massachusetts [edit]

• Abbot Hall, Marblehead, MA 1877. Presented to the town by James J. H. Greggory. Information technology still rings hourly.

• Due north Brookfield Unproblematic School (North Brookfield, Massachusetts) | North Brookfield Elementary Schoolhouse, Due north Brookfield, Massachusetts Created by Meneely & Kimberly Founders. Presented to the North Brookfield High School By Theodore C. Bates November 1, 1878. On display in the heart of area chosen "the bell".

Pennsylvania [edit]

• Calvary Episcopal Church Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. July 26, 1907. xi bells, 14,039 pounds. Donated past Helen Clay Frick, daughter of industrialist, Henry Clay Frick.
• Fairview Presbyterian Church, Fairview, Pennsylvania. 1887, bell marked Meneely & Kimberly, Troy, NY. On ane side the bell is inscribed "May all who heareth come."
• Kickoff Presbyterian Church of York, Pennsylvania, 1861, purchased by Philip Albright Modest and Samuel Pocket-size
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Irwin, Pa., one bong installed shortly after 1880.
• The Phelps School'southward "Victory Bell" in Malvern, Pennsylvania
• The Upper Moreland Heart Schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Pa. It was originally hung in the Belfry of the Willow Grove school which opened in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, in 1895. It is marked "MENEELY BELL COMPANY, TROY, North.Y. U.s., AD 1894"
• Church of the Skilful Shepherd in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, one bell marked "Meneely & Kimberly, Makers, Troy, Northward.Y." on i side, with the church building name on the other side. Although in a church building, this bong is function of what is also known every bit the Boyertown Town Clock, being restored in 2017.^[35]
• Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania. 1,000 pound-bong reading "Bell cast by Menaly and Kimberly, Troy, Due north.Y. 1874"
• St. Paul's Reformed Church, Quarryville PA. Bell marked Meneely & Kimberly Founders, Troy N.Y. Opposite side - St. Paul's Reformed Church Quarryville, PA. D.B.Shuey, Pastor A.D. 1879 "All the people praise the Lord." The bell is located in our bell tower and rang every Sun by hand before the church service.

Tennessee [edit]

• Thornwood Clock Tower, Germantown, TN. 1902 Bronze bells. Installed 2018.
• Kirkland Hall Tower, Vanderbilt Academy, Nashville, TN. Bell dated 1906.

Midwestern states [edit]

• A Meneely Bong Company bell instrument exists and is regularly played at Commencement Congregational Church in Marietta, OH. The instrument consists of x bells located in the North Tower and was dedicated December 1922.
• A Meneely & Kimberly bong remains in front of the Cortland Elementary Schoolhouse in Cortland, Ohio. The school was once named Cortland Union School as cast on the bell 1876. This bell will soon be relocated to the Cortland High Schoolhouse.
• A Meneely & Kimberly bell (cast with the date 1876) is displayed inside Barker Hall (Trinity Episcopal Church), Michigan City, Indiana. Inscription: +Feast of South. Andrew+ +MDCCCLXXVI+ +O Come, Let U.s.a. Worship+
• A Meneely & Kimberly bell dated 1877 is located in and used at the First Presbyterian Church of Cadillac, Mich.
• Davis County Courthouse (Meneely & Kimberly Bell Co., 1879) in Bloomfield, Iowa
• St. Patrick's Catholic Church building, Ogden, Kansas. Bell dated 1910
• St Joseph Catholic Church in Waite Park, Minn., cast in bong: Meneely Bong Co, Troy N.Y., 1918.
• St. Mark's Church building, Geneva, Sick. Inscription: October 1, 1868 This bong was a gift to the parish given by Mr. and Mrs. John Hobart Warren of Troy, N.Y., as a token of respect and esteem for the rector The Reverend William S. Greene.
• Faith Lutheran Church, Pelican Rapids, Minn., has an 1886 Clinton H. Meneely Bell in its clock tower.
• Meneely's bong dated 1879 in front of a replica of Texas' 1st State Firm, in Due west Columbia, Texas.
• St. John'south Lutheran Church, Chicago IL, dated 1905. Converted to residential condos with bell preserved in courtyard.

Other U.Due south. locations [edit]

• Beginning Presbyterian Church of Dunedin, Florida. Bell dated 1888. Photograph of bell available. Bong engraved: "Andrews Memorial Presbyterian Church building, Dunedin, Fla."
• Monroe County Courthouse Clock Tower, Primal West Florida. Bell dated 1886. Bong engraved "Clinton H. Meneely Bong Company, Troy, NY, U.Southward.A., A.D. 1886."
• St. Patrick Church, Lowell, Massachusetts. Bells dated 1905
• St. Johns Episcopal Church, Kula Hawaii (Maui) Bell dated 1909
• St. Saviour'due south Episcopal Church, Bar Harbor, Maine. Bells dated 1938
• Soldiers Chapel – Schofield Barracks; Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawaii. Church building steeple built 1913. Bell dated 1911.
• West Virginia University at Parkersburg, Parkersburg, Westward Virginia. Bell cast in 1902
• The Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower, Chapel Colina, Northward.C. The twelve original bells were bandage by the Meneely Bell Company^[36] in the early 1930s, and supplemented by ii bells from Petit & Fritsen, Belgium in 1998.
• Calvary Episcopal Church, Bastrop, Texas. Marked "Clinton H. Meneely Bell Visitor, Troy, NY, A.D. 1884". Nonetheless in original bell tower, used regularly. Original 57" diameter wooden ringer wheel replace Easter 2022 after 138 years in use. Photos bachelor.
• Biola University Campus, La Mirada, California. The bells were originally installed on the building of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles at Sixth and Promise Streets in Los Angeles. When the school, known as Biola Higher, moved to La Mirada the bells were moved as well. (The King's Business concern, August 1915, page 671 for the original information on the bells)

International [edit]

Canada [edit]

• Christ Church building Windermere, Ontario, Canada. Inscription on the bell- (one side) "In memory of Charles Henry Mockridge, Priest and Doctor, February 25th 1913". (other side) "Meneely Bell Company, Troy, NY, 1914"
• Sainte-Marthe-De-Vaudreuil Catholic Church, Quebec, Canada.
• St. Andrew'due south United Church building in Markham, Ontario^[37]
• Tower Clock of the old Parliament edifice, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Meneely & Kimberly dated 1875. Damaged past fire of 1916.
• Saint Patrick'due south Catholic Church, Fallowfield, Ontario, Canada. Maneeley & Kimberly Bell cast in 1875. Notwithstanding in daily employ.
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Prospect, Nova Scotia, Canada. Meneely Bell Co., 1928.
• Halifax Explosion Memorial Sculpture, Fort Needham Park, Halifax. Nova Scotia. Still in daily use. Formerly used at United Memorial Church, 5375 Kaye St, Halifax, NS B3K 1Z4, now in decay and sold for development.
• Stella Maris Roman Catholic Church, Inverness, NS. Donated by the League of the Cross in 1906. The bong brutal from the belfry in 1977. It is now displayed on the front end lawn.
• St. Alexis Church is a Roman Catholic church situated in Rollo Bay] Prince Edward Island. The famous relic of St. Alexis parish is the Rollo Bay Bong. The bong bears the post-obit inscription:

Jesu + Marie + Joseph + P. Cosse m'a fait, - Michelin 1723. In 1870 Je fus retire des ruines d'une Eglise d'un Ancien Village Acadien I.P.E. En 1882 les paroisieus de Rollo Bay me firent refondre par Meneely et Cie de W Troy N.Y. en souvenir de leurs ancetrees de L'Acadie

Translated, this reads equally:

Jesus + Mary + Joseph P. Cosse fabricated me, - Michelin 1723. In 1870 I was removed from the ruins of a Church of an Ancient Acadian Hamlet in PEI. In 1882 the parishes of Rollo Bay had me recast by Meneely & Visitor, Due west Troy, North.Y. in retentiveness of their Acadian ancestors.

The bells of the Šilai church building, Lithuania

Other international locations [edit]

• Bell in the proper name of Miss Elsie Priest, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
• Monastery of Annunciation, located in West Morava Canyon, Serbia, dated 1920
• A Meneely & Kimberly bell is in daily service in the Parish Church building of San Andres Xecul, Totonicapan, Guatemala.
• Church building of the Proper name of Jesus, Silai (Šilai), Lithuania (Lietuva). Two bells dated 1925. Inscription both bells – "MENEELY & CO., WATERVLIET, N. Y. U.S.A. 1925."
• San Bernardo Abad Parish, Betulia, Santander, Republic of colombia. Two bells, fine and sweet audio, made past the visitor at the terminate of the 19th century, have remained in the towers of the church until the present.

Other notable Meneely bells [edit]

The Columbian Liberty Bell [edit]

The Columbian Freedom Bell was bandage past Clinton H. Meneely'due south foundry for display at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The bell disappeared while on tour in Europe.^{[38] [39] [xl] [41]}

Saint Anthony's Church Bong, Prague, Czechia [edit]

The Meneely bell that hangs in St Anthony's Church building in Prague was purchased by the Mid-European Union in October 1918 to commemorate the independence of Czechoslovakia later on World War I and donated to the group'due south president, Thomas Masaryk, who became the head of the country'southward provisional government and, in 1920, the Czechoslovak president. The bell toll $2,000 and weighed 2,542 pounds (one,155 kg).

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  Saint Anthony'due south Church

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  The bell in the tower

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  View from the bong tower

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  New Liberty Bell

Run across also [edit]

• Benjamin Hanks (1755–1824), goldsmith, instrument maker, and first maker of bronze cannons and church bells in America^[42]
• Campanology: Carillons (a concise affiliate in the general article Campanology)
• Bell tower

References [edit]

1. ^ "Meneely and Company Records, 1825–1945". The New York State Library. University of the Country of New York. March five, 2014. Retrieved January x, 2015.
2. ^ "Benjamin Hanks". delaney@delaneyantiqueclocks.com. Delaney Antique Clocks. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
3. ^ Meneely Bell Online Museum Archived July 15, 2006, at the Wayback Automobile
4. ^ Rensselaer County Historical Guild. (RCHS says the financial records of these foundries are located at ane) Hudson-Mohawk Industrial Gateway, Human foot of Polk St., Troy, New York 12180; and 2) Manuscripts & Special Collections, New York State Library, Cultural Education Center, Albany, N.Y. 12230.) Archived August nineteen, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Lyman, Susan C. The Story of Norwood, New York: A Dainty Place to Live: 1850–1995. Norwood: Norwood Historical Association, 1995.
6. ^ "Dove's Guide Search". dove.cccbr.org.great britain . Retrieved January 7, 2019.
7. ^ "Pigeon Details". dove.cccbr.org.uk . Retrieved January 7, 2019.
8. ^ "Meneely Bell Rings Over again" Archived July 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Jamesville Customs Museum Newsletter, Feb 2, 2008
9. ^ "Saugerties Lighthouse".
10. ^ Photo
11. ^ Newton Churches
12. ^ TowerBells.org
13. ^ parish historian
14. ^ "Indian Hill Cemetery – Chapel Rehabilitation". www.indian-colina.org . Retrieved July 14, 2019.
15. ^ "Showtime Baptist Church of Arlington, MA".
16. ^ "(dead link)". Archived from the original on May sixteen, 2010.
17. ^ "Wilder Center".
18. ^ Church records
19. ^ "Spotsylvania Courthouse". visitspotsy.com . Retrieved September 26, 2016.
20. ^ Personal Story & Daytona Beach Morning Journal from Friday, June 29, 1973
21. ^ Wofford's Bell, From The Archives, Jan 25, 2008 Archived Jan 31, 2008, at the Wayback Auto
22. ^ "Bell Removed from Woodbury Clock Belfry". Shaker Heights Schools.
23. ^ King Avenue United Methodist Church
24. ^ "The Rock Island Clock Tower - From Ordnance to Engineers" Archived October 3, 2011, at the Wayback Automobile
25. ^ "Old Bell Ringing at new DHS". The Daily Relate. Baronial 20, 2011. p. 3.
26. ^ Tower Instruments By Land
27. ^ "The bells of Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse".
28. ^ Good Shepherd's 50th Anniversary.
29. ^ Graydon, Charlotte (May one, 1987). "Church building centennial entrenched in history". The Oregonian. p. D3.
30. ^ Hardt, Ulrich H. "First Presbyterian Church building (Portland)". The Oregon Encyclopedia.
31. ^ Run across also http://www.slna.ca/the-st-lawrence-hall-bell.html
32. ^ A.J. MacMillan (2001). To The Colina of Boisdale - Pioneer Families of Boisdale, Cape Breton, and Surrounding Areas. Music Hill Publishing. p. xlvii
33. ^ physically inspected bell, which is still in use
34. ^ Assumption-St. Paul Church
35. ^ "History". Save Our Boyertown Boondocks Clock . Retrieved June 18, 2017.
36. ^ TowerBells.org
37. ^ "St. Andrew's United Church – Markham, Ontario, Canada". ]
38. ^ "Wonderful Liberty Bell - It is to Contain Historical Relics of Neat Value - Information technology Will Exist Cast At Troy Side by side Month and Volition Weigh thirteen,000 Pounds", The New York Times April 24, 1893
39. ^ "Columbian Liberty Bell Cast - The Functioning A Success, It Is Idea", The New York Times, June 23, 1893
40. ^ Columbian Freedom Bell, Liberty Bell Museum Archived March x, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
41. ^ Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference
42. ^ Skinner, Charles. "Bong Casting in Troy". Meneely Bong online Museum. Archived from the original on June 30, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2013.

External links [edit]

• Meneely Bell Online Museum
• "The Meneely Foundry in West Troy", Troy United Newsletter, December 1999
• Alphabetize to carillons and chimes past Meneely (Watervliet) with additional historical notes on this foundry
• Alphabetize to carillons and chimes by Meneely (Troy) with additional historical notes on this foundry
• The Meneely bell at Westfield'southward Second Congregational Church building
• Works by Meneely bell foundries at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

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