Town Clock - Old Courthouse -- Carlisle, PA
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Ernmark
N 40° 12.063 W 077° 11.367
18T E 313650 N 4452370
Town clocks (one on each side) located in the cuploa of the Old Cumberland County Courthouse.
Waymark Code: WM80HX
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2010
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The top of this cupola is also a benchmark listed in the database of the National Geodetic Survey (and at www.geocaching.com/mark). The Courthouse itself was built in 1866 & rebuilt in 1845 after a fire.
On July 1, 1863 the courthouse was shelled by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his cavalry, before being called to join the Battle of Gettysburg already underway. One of the building's pillars and a window ledge still bear the scars of the shelling
In the mid 20th Century, a new courthouse was built directly across the street from this building, and the new building houses the majority of the County offices.
Status: Working
Display: Mounted
Year built: Not listed
Web link to additional info: Not listed
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Photo of clock.