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The tiny congregation isn’t sure when, or even if, a new church will be built, but an unconventional plan is afoot to raise the bell tower again, this time as a beacon for the valley.—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026 Stetson also plans to rebuild Hulley Tower, a campus bell tower and mausoleum that was destroyed by several hurricanes.—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026 By 1783, the sect was calling itself the Society of Universal Friends; hundreds clamored to hear the Friend speak, and the society soon boasted multiple meetinghouses in Rhode Island and Connecticut, built in the Quaker mold, without steeples, bell towers, paintings, or murals.—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 Think about a century's worth of dust and other things that have collected in the bell tower.—Joe Holden, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bell tower