Sather Tower
- On the Register
- since Mar 25, 1982
- Style
- Late Gothic Revival
- Built
- 1917
- Architect
- John Galen Howard
- Significant for
- Architecture
- Importance
- National
- Type
- Building
- Where
- Oxford St., Berkeley, CA
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About
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 ( KAMP-ə-NEE-lee, -lay, also US: 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.
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Part of Berkeley’s story
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Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 123857348 · Wikidata.