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Creation Date
11-25-2008
Description
Lees McRae College Tufts Bell tower, Banner Elk, NC. Tufts Tower, is a former water tower that houses the campus chimes. It is one of the landmark building in the college campus.
Lees McRae College was founded in Banner Elk as an all-female high school in 1899 by Reverend Edgar Tufts, a Presbyterian minister. He named the school The Elizabeth McRae Institute after a well-respected educator in 1900. School benefactor Suzanna Lees' name was added in 1903 and the school's name became the Lees-McRae Institute when the school was chartered by the state in 1907. Later it was named Lees McRae College.
Latitude, Longitude
36.162933, -81.873344
Recommended Citation
George Lansing Taylor, Jr. "Lees McRae College Tufts Bell Tower, Banner Elk, NC." (2008). Image Collection. University of North Florida, Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections and Archives. UNF Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/1006/
