Merizo Bell Tower

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Merizo Bell Tower | nrhp_type = | image = Merizo Bell Tower.jpg | caption = | location = Off Guam Highway 4, Merizo, Guam | coordinates = {{coord|13|15|57|N|144|40|5|E|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Guam | built = 1914 or 1919<ref name=typo>Note: The NRHP nomination document, apparently by a typo, gives both year dates.</ref> | added = May 29, 1975 | area = {{convert|0.5|acre}} | refnum = 75002152<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} The '''Merizo Bell Tower''', on Guam Highway 4 in Merizo, Guam, is a bell tower that was built in 1914 or 1919.<ref name=typo/> It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975.<ref name=nris/><ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=75002152}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Merizo Bell Tower |author=David T. Lotz |date=March 5, 1975 |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=75002152|title=accompanying photo from 1974|photos=y}}</ref>

The tower is {{convert|7.3|m|ft}} tall and sits on a {{convert|4|m|ft}} square base; it is built of a "heavy masonry called manposteria consisting of stone with mortar covered with cement plaster".<ref name=nrhpdoc/>{{rp|2}} The tower is significant for association with a Catholic priest, Father Cristobal de Canals, who built the bell tower and a church and took many steps to promote agriculture and raise the standard of living in the village of Merizo. Architecturally, the tower symbolizes transition between colonial Spanish architecture and more modern methods; a major element of its design is its massing.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>

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Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Guam Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1919 Category:Buildings and structures in Guam Category:Christian bell towers Category:1910s establishments in Guam