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Death Valley Ranch, Chimes Tower, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

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Death Valley Ranch, Chimes Tower, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

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Summary

Significance: The Chimes Tower is the most prominent structure within the Death Valley Ranch complex for a variety of reasons. Its height and hilltop location, large clock, lavish use of brightly colored tile and its twenty-five tone carillon all served to make it the architectural and cultural centerpiece of the Ranch.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-156
Survey number: HABS CA-2257-F
Building/structure dates: 1928
Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work

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Date

1933 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Baldwin, Jennifer, transmitter
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
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Location

create

Source

Library of Congress
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Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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