Time Stands Still - Fulton County Courthouse Clock - Lewistown, IL
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YoSam.
N 40° 23.815 W 090° 09.318
15T E 741427 N 4475698
Clock guts removed in 2016 and being repaired
Waymark Code: WMW71D
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2017
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County of clock: Fulton County
Location of clock: 100 Main St., courthouse clock tower, Lewistown
Clock built: 1909
Clock Model: Seth Thomas Model 16
Courthouse Architect: Charles Bell
Contractor: H. V. V. Clute, R. M. Hinde and M. P. Rice
Article Text:
Bank plans Clock Tower Classic
for courthouse fundraiser
Time Stands Still Until
Courthouse Clockworks
are replaced
"Prairie State Bank and Trust in
Lewistown will be hosting a fund
raiser in June to put the Fulton
County Courthouse Clock back
in working order.
"Representatives of the bank,
located on the south side of the
Square, were at the April 14
Lewistown City Council meeting
to request permission to close
Lincoln Avenue for a cookout
and car show from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday, June 13.
"In previous years the bank has
held cookouts to benefit the
city’s flower fund.
"It was noted that the V.F.W. will
take care of the food for this
event.
"County officials received a
price of around $26,000 to install
a “smart” electric clock movement
in the 1906 Seth Thomas
clock.
"Restoring the clock would cost
up to $45,000, but the electronic
fix would provide a clock that
automatically kept track of daylight
savings time, and regularly
strike the hour on a schedule
programmed into it.
"In January the Lewistown City
Council voted to put in the last
$5,000 for the project, and Mayor
John King volunteered to solicit
pledges, and the total is now up
to $17,000." ~ The Fulton Democrat April 22, 2015
"Seth Thomas Model 16 tower clock installed in Fulton County Courthouse, Lewistown, Illinois, USA, July 1909. Removed for preservation and restoration on May 7, 2016 prior to replacement of clock technology in the tower." ~ The Public Clock