| Ball State University campus | |
| Shafer Tower | |
| Use | Campanile |
| Style | Modern |
| Erected | 2001 |
| Location | Center of McKinley Avenue |
| Namesake | Phyllis and Hamer Shafer |
| Architect | Edmund Hafer Associates |
| Bells in carillon | 48 |
| Website | Shafer Tower Website |
Shafer Tower is a 150-foot-tall (46 m) free-standing bell tower, or campanile with a carillon and chiming clock located in the middle of the campus of Ball State University.
Despite being dedicated fairly recently in 2002, Shafer Tower has become an unofficial landmark of Ball State University. It is located in the median of McKinley Avenue on University Green, the northern quadrangle of campus.
A narrow staircase in the tower leads to a control room of the carillon, which has 48 custom-made bells. From here a musician can play the instrument on special occasions or for concerts. The bells are programmed by computer to chime every 15 minutes between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Due to a construction defect in the type of cement used to build the tower, most of Shafer Tower literally had to be built twice.[1] The architect of record was Edmund Hafer Associates of Evansville, Indiana.[2]
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