W.E. O'Bryant Bell Tower, Pine Bluff

Name: W.E. O'Bryant Bell Tower
Address: Pine Bluff, United States

#12 among attractions in Pine Bluff

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The W.E. O'Bryant Bell Tower occupies a prominent central position on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a three-stage brick structure, with open arches at the base where a fountain once stood. The second stage houses a belfry, and the third a clock. The corners are buttressed, and the levels divided by bands of concrete. The tower was built in 1943–47. ()

Built: 1943 (81 years ago)Coordinates: 34°14'35"N, 92°1'8"W

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W.E. O'Bryant Bell Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Saenger Theatre, Trinity Episcopal Church, Pine Bluff Confederate Monument, Union Station.

1.3 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Thomas Jefferson
Saenger Theatre, Pine Bluff
34 min walk • The Saenger Theatre is an historic theater in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Located at West Second Ave. and Pine St. on the southeast corner, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Built in 1924 to a design by Emile Weil, it is a Classical Revival brick building with an ornate interior that was last restyled in 1937.
1.2 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Trinity Episcopal Church, Pine Bluff
31 min walk • Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic church at 703 West 3rd Avenue in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Its congregation meets in a handsome brick Gothic Revival structure, with a square buttressed tower and buttressed side walls with lancet-arched stained glass windows.
1.3 miSE
Memorial
Pine Bluff Confederate Monument, Pine Bluff
33 min walk • The Pine Bluff Confederate Monument has long been located in front of the Jefferson County courthouse, at Barraque and Main Streets in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It depicts a standing Confederate Army soldier, holding a rifle whose butt rests on the ground.
1.5 miSE
Museum, History museum
Union Station, Pine Bluff
39 min walk • Union Station is a former railroad station at East 4th Ave. and State St. in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. The station was originally at the union of the Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain railroads, and now houses the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Society museum.
1.2 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Thomas Jefferson
Community Theatre, Pine Bluff
31 min walk • The Community Theatre is a historic theatre building at 207 West 2nd Avenue in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, finished in stucco, with Moderne styling. It was built in 1889, and housed first a furniture store, and then a five and dime, before being converted for theatrical use in the 1920s.
1.2 miSE
Greek Revival architecture
Hudson-Grace-Borreson House, Pine Bluff
30 min walk • The Hudson-Grace-Borreson House is a historic house at 719 West Barraque Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. With an evolutionary construction history dating to about 1830, it is a unique and distinctive blend of Greek Revival, Second Empire, and New Orleans French architectural styles.
1.1 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture
Trulock-Gould-Mullis House, Pine Bluff
28 min walk • The Trulock-Gould-Mullis House is a historic house at 704 West Barraque Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, a gabled roof with a large cross gable, and clapboard siding. The cross gable is set over the main entrance, which is sheltered by a porch extending across the front facade.
~360 ftSW
Gothic Revival architecture
Caldwell Hall, Pine Bluff
2 min walk • Caldwell Hall occupies a central position on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a large, T-shaped two-story brick building with Late Gothic Revival features, which was built in 1928 to a design by the noted Arkansas architectural firm Thompson, Sanders, & Ginocchio.
1.1 miSE
Shingle style architecture
Trulock-Cook House, Pine Bluff
29 min walk • The Trulock-Cook House is a historic house at 703 West 2nd Avenue in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, built about 1903 in an unusual combination of Shingle and Colonial Revival styles.
~520 ftSW
Universities and schools
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff
3 min walk • The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is a public historically black university in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Founded in 1873, it is the second oldest public college or university in the state of Arkansas.
0.7 miN
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Simmons Bank Field, Pine Bluff
19 min walk • Simmons Bank Field is a 16,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Built at a cost of $14 million, it opened in 2000 and is home to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team.