East Marlborough in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Longwood's Carillon

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 20, 2021

1. Longwood's Carillon Marker

Inscription. At the top of this magnificent stone structure resides the carillon, one of our residential instruments. In 1929, founder Pierre du Pont began construction of this 61-foot-tall Chimes Tower based on a similar structure he had seen in France. In 1956, the original chimes were replaced with a 32-note electronic carillon. In 2000, a new 62-bell carillon was crafted in The Netherlands by Royal Eijsbouts of Asten. The largest bell is almost 6 feet in diameter and weighs 6,908 lbs. while the smallest bell is only 6 inches in diameter and weighs 20 lbs.

The carillon plays automatically upon the hour and visiting carillonneurs perform live concerts from spring trhough fall. Carillon recordings are available for purchase in the Garden Shop, located in the Visitor Center. For more information about upcoming events, please visit our website at www.longwoodgardens.org

Erected by Longwood Gardens.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. In addition, it is included in the Historic Bells series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.

Location. 39° 52.197′ N, 75° 40.652′ W.

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Marker is in East Marlborough, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It can be reached from Longwood Road. Marker is on the grounds of Longwood Gardens. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square PA 19348, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Historic Pumphouse (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Weeping Hemlock (about 600 feet away); Topiary Garden (approx. 0.2 miles away); English Yew (approx. 0.2 miles away); American Elm (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named English Yew (approx. 0.2 miles away); Waterlily Court (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 20, 2021

2. Longwood's Carillon Marker

At the base of the tower

named Waterlily Court (approx. 0.2 miles away).

Other markers no longer nearby. An Engineer's Garden (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been permanently removed); Pierre S. du Pont, Fountain Visionary (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been permanently removed); Main Fountain Garden (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been permanently removed); a different marker also named American Elm (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Longwood Gardens. (Submitted on August 27, 2021, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)

Longwood's Carillon Tower image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 20, 2021

3. Longwood's Carillon Tower

Credits. This page was last revised on January 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 26, 2021, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 400 times since then and 15 times this year. Last updated on January 8, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 26, 2021, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.