Soldiers' Tower

Soldiers' Tower
Canada
The Soldiers' Tower seen from the northwest on the university's St. George Back Campus lawn
For members of the university who served in the World Wars
Unveiled1924
Location43°39′48.5″N 79°23′42.5″W / 43.663472°N 79.395139°W / 43.663472; -79.395139
University of Toronto St. George, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Designed byHenry Sproatt and Ernest Ross Rolph
names of alumni lost in the Great War (1914–18) and in the Second World War (1939–45).

The Soldiers' Tower is a bell and clock tower on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto that commemorates members of the university who served in the World Wars. Designed by architects Henry Sproatt and Ernest Ross Rolph, the Gothic Revival tower stands at 143 feet (43.6 m) tall and houses a carillon of 51 bells.

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