Manti Bell Tower

The bell in this tower has outlived two schoolhouses. Forged in 1892, it first hung in Manti's one-room North Ward rock schoolhouse, then moved to the Old Red Schoolhouse that stood a few blocks south from 1894 to 1936. When that building came down the bell survived, and in 1989 the town raised this tower to hold it. It rings now below the white spires of the Manti Temple — a small monument to the pioneer habit of calling children to their lessons by hand across a valley.

What the plaque says

Manti's Old Red Schoolhouse was located at 65 South, First West 1894-1936. Its Schoolhouse bell was forged in 1892 and was originally used in the one-room rock, North Ward Schoolhouse. Bell tower erected 1989.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Manti — steps away
  Sanpete's first settlement, crowned by an 1888 oolite temple
• Manti Temple — 0.3 mi
  A striking pioneer-era temple crowning a hilltop above the Sanpete Valley
• Palisade State Park — 4.2 mi
  A pioneer-built lake turned central Utah's favorite state park
• Sterling — 5.6 mi
  A highway hamlet and the doorway to Palisade State Park

More markers nearby

• Manti Carnegie Library — steps away
• First Presbyterian Church of Manti — steps away
• Manti City Hall — 0.3 mi
• The John Patton House (2) Markers — 0.4 mi