Kent County Courthouse - Dover, DE - Town Clocks on Waymarking.com

Photos taken on 19 January 2022. The clock is mounted about 75 feet above the street. It has a white face, black hands, and Roman numerals. Taken from the NRHP nomination form, "Kent County Courthouse - 1875; brick 2-story, 3-bay, neo-Georgian style courthouse. An engraving of this building in the 1888 Scharf's History of Delaware shows a 3-story, 3-bay structure with cross hip roof and tower. Windows are finished in semicircular arches with heavy moldings. In 1918 the courthouse was completely remoulded to its current neo-Georgian appearance reflecting the interest prevalent in Dover f s colonial heritage at that time. Exterior walls are laid in flemish bond brick with a brick quoin pattern and a water table. The cross hip roof has a modillioned cornice with dentil molding. The central clock tower rises in three tiers above the main block's roof. Facade windows are finished in brick jack arches. Second floor windows on the side walls have semicircular arches with keystones. The central, double-leaf doors are framed by a classical door surround with unfluted columns and full entablature. There is a traceried transom over the door. At the second floor level above the door, a semicircula arched window opening features a raised brick pattern and keystone. Above this is an applied swag, (c)"

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Status: Working Display: Mounted Year built: 01/01/1875 Web link to additional info: [Web Link]

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