The
Clock and Bell for the 1899 Union County Court
House
The
Clock and Bell for the 1899 Union County Court House was purchased
from the E.
Howard Clock Company, the
premier clock manufactuer of that period, as shown by the the still
existing original records of that company. Originally the clock
mechanism would be above the bell. Due to weight considerations,
the restored Court House Tower houses a replica bell and the chime
of the bell is reproduced electronically. The original bell and
clock mechanism are housed in a new pavillion on the Court House
grounds. The bell and clock were restored previously for display by
the Jaycees.
Record#:
16/370
Model#: 0
SS
[a small
size tower clock movement for 4 clock faces, "SS" stands for
"Special (heavier duty) Stryker" sic]
City/State:
Blairsville
Ga.
Date:
1900
Installation Location: Court House
In the
1890s E. Howard Clock Company installed 28 tower clocks in Georgia
incuding the Atlanta Court House and hundreds elsewhere.
In
Murphy, N.C., a "#2 S" was installed in the Cherokee County Court
House in 1892. Evidently there was a problem because another "#2 S"
was installed in 1896. In Asheville, N.C. tower clocks were
installed in the Buncombe County Court House, 1878, Biltmore
Estate, 1891 and C.W. Vanderbilt's Stable, 1895.
E.
Howard Clock Company:
This clock company was established in 1842. It had offices in
Boston, New York and Chicago. Edward Howard started in business for
himself in 1840. During the 1850s he and a partner started making
watches. At this time he moved to Waltham, Mass. In 1857 Edward
Howard returned to Roxbury and started another factory known as the
E. Howard Clock Company, which is still in operation. his clock
company was established in 1842. It had offices in Boston, New York
and Chicago.
Their
last tower clock was produced in 1964.
This catalog page shows prominent buildings equipped with Howard
Clocks.
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