Keney Memorial Tower


  • Address: Main St
  • Vicinity: Ely St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The Keney Memorial Tower in Hartford, Connecticut, is a 130 foot tall Gothic clock tower built by brothers Henry and Walter Keney as a memorial to their mother, Rebecca Turner Keney. The Keney Memorial Clock Tower is located in a small park that is also the site of the Keney family's wholesale grocery business and family home. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1898/00/00 Charles C Haight Architect Keney Memorial Tower is dedicated to the memory of Rebecca Turner Keney, the mother of Walter and Henry Keney.

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Particulars for Keney Memorial Tower:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Collegiate Gothic Style
Area of Significance Commemorative Property
Other Description Marker



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 78002871
Resource Type:
Owner: Local
Architect: Haight,Charles C.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Collegiate Gothic
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Commemorative property
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1898
Historic Function: Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Monument, Marker
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Monument, Marker

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