City State Clock? Building Date Model
Benjamin Hill, Jr. Clocks Reading PA N Courthouse 184?Benjamin Franklin Willard Clocks Falmouth MA ? First Congregational Church 1840 (Signed B. F. Wllard)The J. J. Beals Clock Establishment Clocks Boston MA N Company Building 1841Aaron L. Dennison Clocks Shepardstown WV Y McMurran Hall, Shepardstown College1842The Verdin Company Clocks Cincinnati OH Y* St. Mary's Church 1842 * Now in Verdin Company museumSmith's Clock Establishment Clocks Hartford CT -- Center Church -- Hartford CT N State House 1848 Natchez MS Y First Presbyterian Church 1842 Canandaigua NY Y Courthouse 1850 Reading PA -- Courthouse 1851Hiram Todd Dewey Clocks Lebanon OH Y (Mus.) Methodist Church 1843Edward Howard Clocks Bucksport ME Y Franklin Street Methodist Church 1843 There are so many Howard tower clock installations--worldwide--in various places that their installation locations will be treated elsewhere: The Howard RecordsHenry A. Hopkins Clocks Prattsburg NY N Academy 1845 Prattsburg NY N Academy (replacement for above) 1852Phillip & Adam Edward Pollhans & George J Hoffmann Clocks St. Louis MO -- St. Joseph's Church 1847 There are so many Pollhans and Hoffmann tower clock installations in various places that their installation locations will be treated elsewhere.Stephenson, Howard & Davis Clocks Manchester NH Y Municipal Offices 1845 Richmond ME Y Church 1846 Ashby MA Y First Parish Church 1846Abel Stowell, Jr. Clocks Roxbury VT Y Historical Society 1845 Dorchester MA Y Second Parish Congregational Church 1852James Rogers Clocks New York NY N Trinity Church 1846John J. Speed [data lost?] 1846John Douglas(s) Clocks Durham CT Y Fourth Meeting House 1847 Milford CT Y First Church 1849Jehiel Clark, Jr. Clocks This list was updated and augmented in Dec.2025 based on a list of town clocks in (or from) upstate New York compiled by Russ Oechsle, Homer, NY. Delphi Falls NY Y Baptist Church* 1847 1 * now Community Church Clinton NY N Presbyterian Church 1847 -- New Hartford NY N* Presbyterian Church 1847 1 * Replaced early 1900s. Parts of original Clark clock extant in tower. Owasco NY Y* Reformed Church 1847 1 * Removed from tower but extant under church ownership Hamilton NY N* First Baptist Church 1848 1 * When replaced by a Howard clock in the early 1900s the old clock was buried in the side lot. Escape wheel was later dug up and placed in the Hamilton Historical Society Museum. Belleville NY Y* Belleville Academy 1849 1 Pinwheel Esc. * Removed from Tower; in custody of Belleville Central School District 2016 Gilbertsville NY Y Presbyterian Church* 1849 1 Variant * Now Grange Hall. Clock damaged and not working 2000. Morris (Butternuts) NY N Episcopal Church 1849 -- * Town Clock. Replaced early 1900s by a Seth Thomas. Clark dial motion works extant in tower ca. 1985 New Woodstock NY Y* Baptist Church 1849 1 Variant * Electrified 1972, never worked. Remnant extant 2018 in Oechsle collection. Unadilla NY Y Episcopal Church 1849 1 Pinwheel Esc. Cooperstown NY Y Presbyterian Church 1850 2 Ellicott City MD Y* Unk. 1850 2 * Removed from Convent (likely not original site) ca. 1980, to Oechsle collection. Donated to the NYS Museum in 2024. Fairfield NY Y* Academy 1850 2 * Removed when bldg. was demolished in the 1970s; now privately owned Port Byron NY N Federated Church 1850 -- * Church was destroyed in wind storm late 1990s; clock disappeared, likely landfilled. Morrisville NY N* United Church 1851 -- * Original Academy, then Village Hall, then United Church; lost after fire ca. 1995
Cazenovia, NYHoward & Davis Clocks Arlington MA Y -- -- 1 Homer NY Y -- -- 1 The Models 1 and 2 by Howard & Davis are the precursors of the Howard clocks installed all over the country in vast numbers. The Howard installations are treated elsewhere: The Howard RecordsJoseph R. Brown Clocks Warren RI Y Town Clock 1849 Newport RI Y Old Colony House 1853 (See also David Brown clocks above.)Hopkins, Wright & Millard Clocks or: Hopkins (Daniel) & Millard (Ira) DeRuyter, NY Daniel Hopkins may have worked for Jehiel Clark, Jr., so his clocks may resemble those such that it is possible that some clocks identified as J. Clark, Jr. may actually be by H&M. Oxford NY N Unknown 1850 DeRuyter NY N Union Church 1850 DeRuyter NY N Deruyter Academy 1850Sherry & Byram Clocks See also: Byram ClocksAustin Van Riper Clocks This list was updated and augmented in Dec.2025 based on a list of town clocks in (or from) upstate New York compiled by Russ Oechsle, Homer, NY. See Jehiel Clark, Jr. (above) for Van Riper installations of Clark pattern clocks. Cooperstown NY Y -- 1850 -- Keeseville NY Y Congregational Church* 1852 1 * Now Masonic Hall Middlefield NY Y Baptist Church 1853 1 Hammondsport NY Y* Presbyterian Church 1853 1 * Now at Curtis Museum, Hammondsport St. Catherine’s ONT Y Presbyterian Church 1853 1 Victor NY Y Presbyterian Church 1853 1 Attica NY Y Presbyterian Church 1854 1 Cleveland NY Y (Unknown) 1854 2 * * Early Model 2 Prototype? Partial movement found at Cleveland, NY; sold on Ebay in 2016; privately owned Coudersport PA Y Potter Co. Courthouse 1854 Duplex * Picture taken of clock in courthouse attic in the 1980s. East Bloomfield NY Y Congregational Church 1854 Duplex Honesdale PA Y* Presbyterian Church 1854 1 * Replaced 1970s and sold by church; now privately owned. Kalamazoo MI Y* First Baptist Church -- 1854 or Presbyterian Church (R.O.) 1854 Duplex * Now in a private collection; original installation location uncertain. Oneida NY Y* Presbyterian Church 1854 2 * Relocated to Oneida Baptist Church in 1889; removed in 1990 to Oechsle collection; donated to the NYS Museum in 2024. Restoration included parts from the Rushford, NY partial clock. Saratoga Springs NY -- -- 1854 Nashville TN N Howard School 1854 2 (likely) Saratoga Springs NY Y* First Baptist Church 1854 Duplex * Clock sold by church to Oechsle collection in 1970s; donated to NYS Museum, 2024. Nashville TN Y* Court House 1859 -- * Evidence suggests that the time movement may now be in the collection of the NAWCC, Columbia, PA. Cazenovia NY Y* Methodist Episcopal Church 1859-63 Duplex Lg. * Made in 1859 before the death of Van Riper; sold by Stone & Marshall to village in 1863 Rushford NY N* Rushford Baptist Church 1855 2 * Replaced 1990s, only parts survived, some used to restore Oneida Clock Sherburne NY N Episcopal Church 1855 2 (likely) York? PA Y* “St. Marks Church” 185? 2 * Pictures reportedly from a York church were presented to the NAWCC Museum 2021, but location is still not established. Randolph Center VT Y* Federated Church 1855 -- * Removed from an unknown church in western Vermont (allegedly West Addison) at an unknown date; installed here in 1974. Sold by church in 2003 to Oechsle collection; donated to NYS Museum in 2024.
Cazenovia, NYDavid M. Anderson Clocks Honey Brook PA Y Presbyterian Church 1850H. Sperry & Co. Clocks New York NY Y Rutgers Street Church 1850 (now St. Teresa's) Brooklyn NY -- City Hall 1851 New York NY -- St. George's Church 1857 New York NY -- The Brick Church 1859 Tarrytown NY Y Church (Rebuilt by Seth Thomas) 1855 Yanceyville NC Y Caswell County Courthouse --Almon Thwing Clocks Weyland MA N First Church (Unitarian) 1851Clark (Jehiel, Jr.) & Blanchard (Orlando) Clocks Cazenovia, NY Rome NY Y* Presbyterian Church 1852 2 * Clock replaced in early 1900s; carcass of original clock in tower. Tower partially destroyed by tornado in 2024; survival of clock in jeopardy as of 2025.Reeve & Co. Clocks Morristown NJ Y -- 1852 Essex CT Y -- -- Reading PA Y Town Clock 1853 Marietta PA Y -- 1853 Jonesboro TN Y -- -- Fayetteville NC Y -- -- South Bend IN Y -- -- Fredericksburg VA Y -- -- St. Johnsbury VT Y South Congregational Church 1852 Canandaigua NY Y City Hall 1867 Ottawa Canada Y -- -- Nyack NY Y Dutch Reform Church -- (This last clock is in a private collection in Houston, TX.) Some of these clocks may carry the name "S. Penfield" on the setting dial. Penfield was not a maker, but an installer in the manner of Thomas I. Bailey (q.v.).Julius Sharpe Clocks Newport RI Y Colony House 1853 See also: Joseph R. Brown ClocksThomas I. Bailey Clocks Bailey was not a maker. However, he installed at least six tower clocks in southern cities. He occasionally had his own name engraved on the setting dial.John Stokell Clocks New York NY Y Marble Collegiate Church 1855 (Clock is likely of English origin.)Shapley’s Machine Shop (John Shapley) Clocks Cazenovia, NY Angelica NY Y Presbyterian Church 1858 (now Community Center) Note: Shapley purchased the J.Clark, Jr. works at bankruptcy auction in 1852. The Shapley clocks are identical to the Jehiel Clark, Jr. Model 2 clocks, so some of those attributed to Clark, Jr. are likely to actually have been made and sold by Shapley.Aaron Dodd Crane Clocks [data lost?] 1858Stone & Marshall See Turret & Marine (below) and George M. Stevens Tower Clock installations.Milton Card Clocks See Stone & MarshallJohn Stone Clocks See Stone & MarshallAndrew S. Hotchkiss Clocks New York NY N St. George's Episcopal Church 1859 New York NY N City Hall 1860-61 Rock Island IL Y U. S. Army Arsenal 1867 Cumberland MD Y First Christian Church 1869? Hotchkiss sold his firm to Seth Thomas ca. 1872. Many Seth Thomas-credited installations are actually A.S. Hotchkiss clocks claimed by Seth Thomas.Moody Haskell Clocks Burlington VT N Unitarian Church --Collins Stevens Clocks Originally a partner in the Turret & Marine Clock Co., later formed the Turret Clock Co. and eventually the George M. Stevens & Co. tower clock business.Turret Clock Co. Clocks See Turret & Marine Tower Clock Co., and Collins Stevens, below.Turret & Marine Tower Clock Co. Clocks Acton MA Y Town Hall 1864 Centerville MA N No trace. Hudson MA Lee MA -- -- Kennebunk ME -- -- Saco ME Y Town Hall 1900 Manchester CT -- -- Phenix RI -- -- Milton VT N Church 1868 Windham NY Y -- Stow MA Y United Church 1869George M. Stevens Clocks Due to the many different models of and the large number of Stevens installations,
the listing will be posted elsewhere: Stevens InstallationsAlonzo Taylor Clocks Farmington CT Y -- -- Pike NY Y -- -- Warsaw NY Y -- --Charles Dunster (Dempster) Clocks Alliance OH N Mount Union College 1868 (Chapman Hall)George Michael Deuble Clocks Canton OH N Courthouse 1868Louis Spellier Clocks Doylestown PA N Bucks County Courthouse 1870 (Historical Society Collection)George A. Jones Clocks Jones was at work 1870 - 73. One tower clock survives, now in a private collection.Seth Thomas Clocks Seth Thomas bought out A. S. Hotchkiss (q.v.) in about 1872. Due to the thousands of clocks installed by this company, the records will be treated elsewhere: Seth Thomas Locale Records Seth Thomas InstallationsStone & Marshall Clocks After 1870: Stone, Marshall & Card (Milton) -- AL ? -- CA ? -- MI ? Cazenovia NY Y Town Clock 1874 (1862) (Cazenovia Methodist Church, 1862, built by Stone & Marshall, originally installed in old stone church, moved to new brick church 1874.) Peterboro NY Y* Academy for Boys 1871 Duplex * Partial original clock extant in Peterboro Historical Museum; replacement clocks found in original factory building in 1935 and sold to Town. Now Smithfield Community Center Smithfield NY N Presbyterian Church 1981 -- (Replaced by a Stone & Marshall clock found in storage in Cazenovia.) Columbia PA Y Original location unknown. Now in NAWCC Museum. Jamestown TN ? Possibly stolen ---- Murfreesboro TN Y Rutherford County Courthouse 1860 Duplex -- TN ? Liverpool NY Y* Presbyterian Church 1870 Duplex * Replaced 1960s and sold. Now at the American Clock & Watch Museum, Bristol, CT See also Van Riper Installations, above.Charles Fasoldt Clocks -- NY ? New York, NY N Manhattan Market; 8-dial 1870's*** Albany, NY Y Martin Hall 1871** Seneca Falls, NY Y Phoenix Block 1871** Newburgh, NY Y Union Presbyterian Church; 3-train 1872 (now Ebenezer Baptist Church) Philadelphia PA Y 1876 Centennial Exposition 1876 Cedar Falls, IA Y University of Northern Iowa 1925* Now in the University Museum * This clock is the one exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. It was given to the University by Dudley Fasoldt, Charles Fasoldt's grandson, in 1925. ** These two clocks are both in a private collection. *** The Market burned 10 years after its construction. Two tower clocks, one an astronomical clock, are recorded in a transcription of Fasoldt's sales journal, 1861-1872. Their installation locations and current status are unknown.
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