Town Clock @ Gettysburg College - Gettysburg, PA
N 39° 50.073 W 077° 14.116
18S E 308729 N 4411784
Gettysburg College campus resembles a small Victorian town with some ROmanesque architecture thrown in for good measure...and what does very town need? Why, a town clock of course!
Waymark Code: WMBZ95
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2011
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This huge brick bell tower with its town clock rises over the front, right of this imposing 1888 campus building. The tower is four faced with four clocks, all in Roman numerals, gilded, trimmed, ornate, working and quite lovely.
Built in the Romanesque Revival style, the building's various renovations have left its exterior largely unchanged. Constructed of red brick on a stone foundation, Glatfelter Hall is richly trimmed in Hummelstown brownstone and has a slate roof. When new, the building housed virtually all the college's classrooms and offices, the college library, elegant quarters for two student literary societies, and a natural history museum. Five academic departments now occupy the building. A tall structure with a soaring tower 143 feet high, Glatfelter Hall continues to be one of the dominant features on the Gettysburg campus.
The Romanesque Revival style, popular in the U.S. from the 1870s to about 1900, drew upon the forms of the Romanesque, a style that dominated European architecture in the early medieval period. H.H. Richardson (1838-1886), a Boston architect and the most influential designer in this style, produced buildings marked by massive towers, turrets, and great rounded arches, normally executed in rough-cut stone. In its massing and in much of the decorative detail that emphasizes rich color contrasts, Glatfelter Hall reflects well the influence of Richardson's work.