Memorial Union Tower stands tall looking over Lowry Mall on the University of Missouri Campus in Columbia, Missouri. The tower was built in a unique Gothic architecture all made of limestone taken from various sites in Missouri. There were fifteen Italian stone masons who carved the huge decorative blocks of rock (UMC Archives, Newspaper clipping, C:0/29/1). The construction of the tower was delayed due to the expensive limestone it was constructed out of. The tower was completed in 1926. The Memorial Union Building was built by alumni, students, and faculty as a monument to those who gave their lives in the World War