Longwood Gardens Chimes Tower

Sometime in the 1930's Pierre du Pont constructed Longwood?s 61-foot-tall stone Chimes Tower based on a similar structure he had seen in France. He purchased the largest set of tower chimes he could find from the J.C. Deagan Company of Chicago after first borrowing one chime to test its carrying power. Twenty-five tubular chimes were installed in the upper tower chamber and Mr. du Pont installed a switch in the Peirce-du Pont House so he could activate the chimes from his residence.

That's an era of wealth I cannot fathom today. But we love to visit the gardens and hear the chimes every hour.