Courthouse Clock - Waynesboro, TN
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YoSam.
N 35° 19.190 W 087° 45.762
16S E 430673 N 3908778
High atop the concrete courthouse
Waymark Code: WMTXFG
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2017
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County of clock: Wayne County
Location of clock: 100 Court Circle, atop the courthouse, Waynesboro
Clock built: 1975
This clock, in futuristic design or at least what 1975 designers thought was futuristic, sits atop the NEW courthouse. On all four side os a square plain tower is the large plain aluminum hands drifting around a mostly black space with only hash marks at the quarter hour of the face.
"There was a fire in the courthouse in 1973, so, they built a new one in 1975
"Normally the courthouse itself isn't one of the more interesting stories in a county. But it is for Wayne County.
"In 1972 the old courthouse burned. Originally, Wayne County officials were going to move the courthouse away from the Waynesboro town square. But by the time the Nashville architectural firm, Yearwood and Johnson, had come back with a rather unusual modern design, the decision had been made to rebuild on the site of the old courthouse.
"Today people who drive through Waynesboro do a double-take when they see the reinforced concrete courthouse." ~ TN History for Kids