Chime in to history: Historic church bell to be restored

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon remove the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon remove the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Workers from White’s Clock & Carillon removed the bell from the belfry at First Presbyterian Church on 6th Street in downtown Fernandian Beach. The bell was first hung in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Nate Whitaker, chair of the church’s property committee (middle, left), talks with church members about the bell originally hung at the First Presbyterian Church in 1859. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader