Augsburg鈥檚 first Old Main building opened in 1874, and until it was razed to build Sverdrup Hall, its bell called the campus community to meals and events.
This bell has recently come back to Augsburg, and will find a new place and purpose on campus. We鈥檙e planning a story about the bell in the spring issue of Augsburg Now, about its history, its travels, and its return home. Scouring our archives, we haven鈥檛 been able to learn much about it, or find it pictured in archive photos.
Do you remember this Old Main bell? Please help us learn more about it鈥攚here was it located, how and when did it ring? What do you remember about it?
After the bell served its duty in Old Main, it became part of Augsburg student traditions鈥攑articipating in sports and other student activities. What do you remember鈥攖ell us, even anonymously, if you wish!
E-mail information and stories to now@augsburg.edu or call 612-330-1181. We invite you to become part of the 鈥渞est of the story鈥� about the Old Main bell.