Clock in St. Francis de Sales Tower - St. Louis, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 36.240 W 090° 13.537
15S E 741593 N 4276484
-Clock faces were added to the steeple following the 1917 anniversary celebration.
Waymark Code: WMMW6W
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2014
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County of church: St. Louis Independent City
Location of church: 2653 Ohio Ave., St. Louis
Built: August 1895
Public tours are available Mon.-Fri. Contact the Oratory office for availability
Phone: (314) 771-3100
-Clock faces were added to the steeple following the 1917 anniversary celebration.
"An on-going restoration project (2005) concerns the steeple clock that has been non-functional for many years. Pieces of the mechanical gearing that drives the hands at the four faces were missing and the remaining mechanism was corroded and unable to turn. Through the generosity of a local machine company, new parts were made and our volunteer repairman is in the process of installing the new gears, coordinating the four movements and calibrating the speed of the drive motor. We hope to have the clock working in the very near future as an outward sign of the church’s restoration efforts.
"A future restoration project is to ensure the continued viability of all of the outstanding stained glass windows that are the hallmark of this beautiful structure. They are all intact but require replacement of the protective outer glass, sealing all the joints to make them watertight, stabilizing them, and cleaning the interiors from decades of soot and smoke accumulation. Due to the number of these windows and the terra cotta replacement work for the columns that provide the exterior support, this work will be phased in over a period of years, working on the most deteriorated windows first. " ~ Regina Magazine