*Location:

   Coats Museum Bell Tower & House
   3317 Old Fairground Road
   Angier, North Carolina, USA
   LL: N 35.50889, W 78.60509

Site locator map

  NOTE:  While Angier is the postal address, McGee Crossroads is actually closer.

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Coats Museum Bell Tower & House
   3317 Old Fairground Road
   Angier, NC  27501-6181
   T: 919-639-2707, 894-4443, 894-4620

*Schedule:

   By appointment only

*Remarks:

   A collection of swinging bells in an
   open steel frame, assembled by Robert
   Coats (d.) in 1970; mostly iron, but
   at least 3 bronze and one railroad.
   Not affiliated with the Coats Museum
   in nearby Coats NC.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized collection of 29 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   Work was done (as described in Remarks above) in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  0 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    3 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   7 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  98%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

A Roadside America page has a description plus photos and comments from several visitors.

News article on July 4th (2025) Celebration At Coats Museum & Bell Tower; with two photos

Tourism page with photos

Being a collection, this site is not indexed by foundry, size or weight.

Index to all collections of tower bells.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NC.

   This page was built from the database on 30-Jul-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/07/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/07/27