City State Clock? Building Date
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 (Mus.) St. Mary's Church 1842Smith'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 Church1852James 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 Delphi Falls NY Y Baptist Church 1847 Gilbertsville NY Y Grange Hall 184?? Morris NY N Town Clock 1849 Hamilton NY N Church 184?? Salina NY N Town Clock 1837 ($300)Howard & Davis Clocks Arlington MA Y (Mod. 1)-- -- Homer NY Y (Mod. 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 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 See Jehiel Clark, Jr. for Van Riper installations of Clark pattern clocks. Cooperstown NY Y -- 1850 Saratoga SpringsNY -- 1854 Nashville TN -- Howard School 1854 Nashville TN -- Court House 1860 Saratoga SpringsNY -- -- 1855 Cazenovia NY Y Methodist Episcopal Church 1874 Rushford NY N Rushford Baptist Church -- Randolph VT Y Federated Church 1974* Kalamazoo MI Y (Coll.) First Baptist Church -- (The original installation location of this clock is unknown.) * This clock is now in a private collection.David M. Anderson Clocks Honey Brook PA Y Presbyterian Church 1850Reeve & 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.).H. 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) 1851Julius 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.)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 & MarshallTurret & 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 1869Andrew 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, supra.George 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 -- 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 -- 1871 Peterboro NY Y -- 193? 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 County Courthouse 1859 -- TN ? See also Van Riper Installations.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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