Old Bell/McKinley Monument
The Old Bell, mounted on a wooden belfry at this site from 1866 to 1884, called children to school and families to church, celebrated the 4th of July, and alerted the town to major fires. After a 1884 windstorm collapsed the wooden belfry, vandals sledgehammered off the top portion of the Old Bell.
In 1881 the Old Bell rang continuously for half a day, announcing the death of martyred President James A. Garfield. This limestone monument, capped by the remnant of the Old Bell, was erected in 1901, in silent memory of martyred President William McKinley.
Originally named the McKinley Monument, over the years, it became more commonly known as the Old Bell Monument.