Mantua Bell

The Mantua Township Historical Commission is also known for retrieving a piece of Mantua�s History. The Commission wanted the bell retuned so it would be a part of the renovations on the Union St. School House. The 119 year old, 350 pound bronze bell, which rang out more than a half-century atop the old Mantua Academy (Union St. School House) , was in Iowa. A bell collector in Iowa had bought the bell from an elderly woman in Pennsylvania. After restoring it himself, dismantling it, cleaning and sandblasting it, he wrote a letter to the Historical Commission in which he stated �the bell is in excellent condition and has beautiful detail and tone.� After negotiating a price, the historical commission recovered the bell that you see above.