Courthouse Clock - Howard, KS
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YoSam.
N 37° 28.189 W 096° 15.718
14S E 742136 N 4150513
Courthouse was built in 1906 but it took a hundred years to put the working inside the clock
Waymark Code: WMNG04
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 03/09/2015
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County of courthouse: Elk County
Location of courthouse: 127 N. Pine St., Howard
Phone: (620) 374-2490
Architect: George E. McDonald
Contractor: Morse Contracting Co.
"The west (front) elevation features a central entrance located at the base of the clock tower. It includes a large round-arch opening with a modern glass vestibule and topped by a short limestone projection. Above the entrance on the upper floor is a pair of one-over-one, double-hung windows set within a single raised brick round-arch opening. Projecting above the roof, the lower half of the tower includes a recently installed electric clock with four faces. Each of the four sides of the upper half of the tower includes a single round-arch opening where a bell or chimes would have been located. However, when the courthouse was erected in 1907, there were not sufficient funds to purchase a clock. The county waited nearly 100 years before installing a clock in 2006." ~ NRHP Nomination Form