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Entrance gate to the tower and to the Branford College courtyard; iron gate by Samuel Yellin; Harkness Tower was the first couronne ("crown") tower in English Perpendicular Gothic style built in the modern era. James Gamble Rogers, who designed the tower and many of Yale's Collegiate Gothic structures, said it was inspired by Boston Stump, the 272-foot (83 m) tower of the parish church of St Botolph in Boston, England. The tower contains the Yale Memorial Carillon, a 54-bell carillon, and a memorial chapel. It is now part of the courtyard of Branford College (one of Yale's residential colleges). It is also a clock tower. Lee Lawrie, a professor at Yale from 1908-1918, was the head of sculpture for the Tower. The iron gate beneath Harkness Tower, crafted by Samuel Yellin, is the most ornate of his many works at Yale. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/28/2015)