Landmark
UT Tower
Beaux-Arts campus tower with an observation deck and Texas's largest carillon of bells.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to the UT Tower in Austin traces the money behind its bells, from a nineteen thirty-six budget shortfall to the regent and the widow whose private gifts filled out all fifty-six. It follows the same pattern of donor money finishing what the state would not fund, up through the tower's current restoration campaign. Listen for whose name ends up on a check, and whose gets forgotten.
This audio guide was created using AI.