The Beaumont Tower is a structure on the campus of Michigan State University , designed by the architectural firm of Donaldson and Meier and completed in 1928. The 104-foot-tall (32 m) tower marks the site of College Hall , the first building constructed on the campus, as well as the first building in America erected for instruction in scientific agriculture . Due to poor construction, College Hall collapsed in 1918. John W. Beaumont, an 1882 alumnus of MSU, proposed the construction of the monument to conserve the Campus Circle and serve as a monument to teaching.
16-1126: [REDACTED] Look up beaumont in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Beaumont may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Beaumont, Alberta Beaumont, Quebec England [ edit ] Beaumont, Cumbria Beaumont, Essex Beaumont Cut , a canal closed in the 1930s Beaumont Street , Oxford France (communes) [ edit ] Beaumont, Ardèche Beaumont, Corrèze Beaumont, Gers Beaumont, Haute-Loire Beaumont, Meurthe-et-Moselle Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme Beaumont, Haute-Savoie Beaumont, Vienne Beaumont, Yonne Beaumont-en-Diois United States [ edit ] Beaumont, California Beaumont, Kansas Beaumont, Mississippi Beaumont Scout Reservation , High Ridge, Missouri Beaumont, Ohio Beaumont, Texas Beaumont (Amtrak station) Beaumont, Wisconsin Elsewhere [ edit ] Beaumont, South Australia ,
32-701: A Roman Catholic public school, now closed, in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England Beaumont School (St Albans) , a mixed school in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England Beaumont High School (disambiguation) , various schools in the United States and Canada Battles [ edit ] Battle of Beaumont (1870), Franco-Prussian War Battle of Beaumont (1794) , French Revolutionary War Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Beaumont, British band formed by Keith Girdler and Paul Stewart of Blueboy Beaumont ,
48-494: A city. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the City of Beaumont had a population of 20,888 living in 6,950 of its 7,168 total private dwellings, a change of 19.7% from its 2016 population of 17,457. With a land area of 24.7 km (9.5 sq mi), it had a population density of 845.7/km (2,190.3/sq mi) in 2021. The population of the City of Beaumont according to its 2019 municipal census
64-799: A song from 3OH!3's third album Streets of Gold Other uses [ edit ] Beaumont (automobile) , a make of automobile produced by General Motors of Canada See also [ edit ] Beaumont-cum-Moze , Essex Beaumont-de-Lomagne , Tarn-et-Garonne Beaumont-du-Ventoux , Vaucluse Beaumont-en-Auge , Calvados Beaumont-en-Cambrésis , Nord Beaumont-Hague , in Manche Beaumont-Hamel , Somme Beaumont-le-Roger , Eure Beaumont-sur-Oise , Val-d'Oise Beaumont-sur-Sarthe , Sarthe Bomont, West Virginia All pages with titles beginning with beaumont All pages with titles containing beaumont Topics referred to by
80-887: A suburb of Adelaide Beaumont, Belgium , in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia Beaumont, Grand'Anse , commune in Haiti Beaumont City the principal city of the Beaumont, Grand'Anse commune Beaumont, Dublin , a suburb of Dublin, Ireland Beaumont, New Zealand , a township in Otago Beaumont Island (Greenland) Beaumont (crater) , a lunar crater People [ edit ] Beaumont (surname) Beaumont (given name) House of Beaumont , an Anglo-Norman baronial family in England Titles [ edit ] Duc de Beaumont , an extinct French title Viscount Beaumont of Swords , an extinct title in
96-448: Is 19,236, a change of 2.2% from its 2018 municipal census population of 18,829. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaumont had a population of 17,396 living in 5,633 of its 5,980 total private dwellings, a 31% change from its 2011 population of 13,284. With a land area of 10.47 km (4.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,661.5/km (4,303.3/sq mi) in 2016. In 2014, 49.6% of
112-502: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Beaumont, Alberta Beaumont ( / ˈ b oʊ m ɒ n t / BOH -mont ) is a city adjacent to Leduc County within the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta , Canada. It is at the intersection of Highway 625 and Highway 814 , adjacent to the City of Edmonton and 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of
128-500: Is higher than the other three. The missing finials represent the need for higher education. The tower is also the meeting place for the executive board of the Michigan State University Tower Guard . The Tower Guard, founded in 1934 by May Shaw, the wife of former MSU president Robert Shaw, is MSU’s oldest and one of the most respected student organizations on campus. It was originally a female honor society that
144-453: The "beautiful hill" on which St. Vital Church, built in 1919, is located within the centre of the city. The name was selected in 1895 as part of a petition for a post office. Beaumont is one of four municipalities in Alberta that are officially bilingual. Beaumont incorporated as a village on January 1, 1973, and then as a town on January 1, 1980. On January 1, 2019, Beaumont incorporated as
160-473: The City of Leduc . The Nisku Industrial Park and the Edmonton International Airport are 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the west and 8.0 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the southwest respectively. Originally a French-speaking farming community, Beaumont is now a city with 20,888 people. Its downtown core resembles a French village with unique architecture and red brick walkways. It is named for
176-824: The Peerage of Ireland Baron Beaumont , in the Peerage of England Beaumont baronets , in the Baronetage of England Buildings [ edit ] Beaumont Palace , Oxford, England Beaumont House , Beaumont, Australia Beaumont Tower , East Lansing, Michigan, U.S., on the campus of Michigan State University Beaumont (Michaux, Virginia) , U.S., a historic house Hospitals [ edit ] Beaumont Hospital, Dublin , Ireland William Beaumont Army Medical Center , El Paso, Texas, US Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe , Michigan, US Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak , Michigan, US Beaumont Hospital, Troy , Michigan, US Schools [ edit ] Beaumont College ,
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#1732845031583192-494: The day activated by a computer. The Campus Circle where the tower is located often serves as a gathering place for students where free concerts on the lawn are available in the summer. The Beaumont Tower is one of the most recognizable and most photographed landmarks on the MSU campus. Its likeness as a line drawing is used on MSU letterhead. Special performances using the carillon are provided for specific occasions. The northeast finial
208-417: The inscription "Whatsoever a Man Soweth" (from Galatians 6:7). This serves as a tribute both to MSU's origins as an agricultural college and to the seminal nature of knowledge. Beaumont also houses a full carillon , with 49 bells. Originally the tower had only ten bells but over time additional bells were added until a full range of music could be played from these. The bells now play frequently throughout
224-586: The president of the college described the Beaumont Tower as "a meeting or trysting place of the students, student groups or organizations, the center of all the activities of this institution". The tower was also to serve as a timepiece for the university, directing students' daily activities by sounding hourly. The tower, designed in the Collegiate Gothic architectural style, features The Sower , an Art Deco bas-relief by sculptor Lee Lawrie (1922), with
240-452: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Beaumont . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beaumont&oldid=1038099809 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
256-818: The workforce of Beaumont was employed in the nearby city of Edmonton. The City of Beaumont is a member of the Leduc-Nisku Economic Development Association , an economic development partnership that markets Alberta's International Region in proximity to the Edmonton International Airport . Beaumont is home to the Beaumont Blues & Roots Festival (BBRF) . Previous performers at the BBRF have included Chantal Kreviazuk , Raine Maida , Corb Lund , Fred Penner , Matt Andersen , Sloan , Powder Blues Band , The Sheepdogs , Moist , The Watchmen Beaumont Tower During its dedication ceremony,
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