Colorado County Courthouse Clocks - Columbus, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 42.358 W 096° 32.395
14R E 738002 N 3288737
The dome of the courthouse holds four clocks. The clock faces are white, the hands and Roman numerals are black. A Seth Thomas timepiece was purchased at a cost of $545 and installed in the tower by B. Heyer and Company of Columbus.
Waymark Code: WMW093
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2017
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National Parks ServiceThere have been several major alterations to the courthouse building. The tower, roof, and parts of the west wall were destroyed during a storm resulting from a 1909 hurricane. Houston architect F. S. Glover was hired to design a replacement for the portion of the building that was destroyed.
The dome itself still contains the original four clocks and the original bell sits atop it, though at the time of the 1909 work, the clock was not repaired.
In 1939, the Works Progress Administration worked on the building, enlarging the basement and painting the exterior brick of the building a cream color. The paint altered the original color contrast between the brick and stone elements of the structure. At this time the copper dome was also painted and the clock was repaired.