The Old North Church survived the 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake relatively undamaged . The 1928 building had damage to the bell tower , which was torn down brick by brick and rebuilt . The original ONC bell tower was built with a barn shaped roof , modeled after a Dutch church in Holland . Later the Church of the Nazarene changed the bell tower to have a more classic pointed spire . The bell tower housed the 1893 bell weighing 517 pounds , in 1928 the bell was moved to the new south bell tower
1991 Sierra Madre earthquake
1991 Sierra Madre earthquake
Old North Church (Sierra Madre, California)