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WWI Memorial Clock Tower - University of Detroit

Details: Last Updated: 27 October 2021

WWI Memorial Clock Tower - University of Detroit

Address :

4001 W. McNichols Rd

Detroit

MI

USA 48221

The University of Detroit Memorial Clock Tower was built as a memorial to the 12 students and alumni who died in World War I. As well as serving as a monument, the structure is built around the university's power plant chimney to disguise this industrial structure.
The clock tower is 175 ft high and was completed in 1926. On the north side of the clock tower is an engraving memorial and 12 names:

TO THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MEN

WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-18

OUR HONORED DEAD

JOHN DESCHAMPS, CHARLES HARRISON, LOUIS MANS, EDWARDS J. BURNS, THOMAS G. KENNEDY, ALFRED FULLER, ROGERS MCNAMARA, JAMES WILLIAMS, LIONEL ESLIN, RUSSEL MCBREARTY, WILLIAM J. WILKINSON, THOMAS ABERY

FROM RELATIVES, ALUMNI AND STUDENTS