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1. Buildings

   1. Adams Tower

      The only structure on campus named for a woman, the Adams Tower was built in 1956 in memory of Jeannie Porter Adams, the mother of Dr. Porter Hartwell Adams, 16th president of Norwich.
      
      

      GENERAL PARKING
      

      • Jackman Hall

       

      ACCESSIBILITY

      • Accessible parking at adjacent Jackman Hall.
      • Building open only for tours and on scheduled concert dates.
      • Adams Tower contains no elevator; stair access only.
      • No restrooms in Adams Tower. Accessible restrooms in adjacent Jackman Hall, rear entrance.
      • Restrooms also available through Jackman Hall front entrance.

       

      BUILDING USE

      • Performance arts

       

      FEATURES/FACILITIES

      • Norwich Carillon

      MORE ABOUT THE CARILLON
      Funding for the 50-foot tower was made possible by another woman, Susan Adams Boyer H’78, widow of the late Porter Adams and a generous patron of the arts in Vermont. The tower was built to house a carillon named for yet a third woman, Charlotte Nichols Greene, who purchased the 36 bronze-cast bells and playing mechanism in 1934 following the Chicago World’s Fair, where they had been part of the Belgian government’s exhibit. The Norwich carillon is one of only two in the state of Vermont.