Bosque County Courthouse Clock - Meredian, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 55.373 W 097° 39.446
14R E 626924 N 3532673
Tower above the courthouse holds four clock faces. They are white with black Roman Numerals and hands. They were in sync so one clock must run all four.
Waymark Code: WMQR66
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2016
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Text from Texas EscapesThe present Bosque County courthouse, completed the end of 1886, is a Renaissance Revival courthouse designed originally by J. J. Cane of Ft. Worth. However, when he designed it, he had a Gothic tower with small turrets on the corners above the east entrance.
The building is made from limestone quarried nearby. Roman arches and heavy rusticated pilasters reflect the Renaissance Revival style. Stone-carved fancy rosettes adorn the pilasters. The hipped roofs over the corner pavilions, connected with mansard roofs, were originally covered with metallic shingles in a diamond pattern.
The Gothic tower and these roofs were replaced with walls in 1935, as a result of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (WPA). That renovation also resulted in an addition to the west side of the courthouse.
The clock tower was added in 2007.