Sather Tower

Sather Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Berkeley Landmark No. 158
Sather Tower, from California Memorial Stadium, at sunset
Location	Berkeley, California
Coordinates	37°52′19″N 122°15′28″W / 37.87194°N 122.25778°W / 37.87194; -122.25778
Built	1914
Architect	John Galen Howard
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
MPS	Berkeley, University of California MRA
NRHP reference No.	82004650[1]
BERKL No.	158
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 25, 1982
Designated BERKL	February 25, 1991[2]

Sather Tower is a bell tower with clocks on its four faces on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. It is more commonly known as The Campanile (/ˌkæmpəˈniːli, -leɪ/ KAMP-ə-NEE-lee, -⁠lay, also US: /ˌkɑːm-/ KAHMP-) for its resemblance to the Campanile di San Marco in Venice. It is a recognizable symbol of the university.

Given by Jane K. Sather in memory of her husband, banker Peder Sather, it is the second-tallest bell-and-clock-tower in the world. Its current 61-bell carillon, built around a nucleus of 12 bells also given by Jane Sather, can be heard for many miles and supports an extensive program of education in campanology.

Sather Tower also houses many of the Department of Integrative Biology's fossils (mainly from the La Brea Tar Pits) because its cool, dry interior is suited for their preservation.^[3]