Death Valley Ranch, Chimes Tower, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
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
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Baldwin, Jennifer, transmitter
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Location
california, 36.30031, -116.41060
Source
Library of Congress
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