Large clock tower buildings in your city

[d'trolley]

A couple examples in Kansas City:

The old Union Bus Terminal and Pickwick Hotel, which finally has plans for renovation into apartments with ground floor retail.

Source: http://www.undergroundozarks.com/for..._hotel_087.jpg


Also, the old Katz Pharmacy building in Westport designed by Clarence Kivett.


Source: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...ndwestport.jpg


Country Club Plaza clock tower:


Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...as_City_MO.jpg


And in downtown's Power and Light District we have a newly built clock tower:


Source: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/23...299f19d2d7.jpg

[peanut gallery]

Originally Posted by LMich

I can't believe you missed the snarkiness of dchan's comment. lol

I think it's actually a line from The Fugitive.

[Double L]

I was really captivated by one clock tower in Denver.

I was walking 16th street and noticed a clock tower that had rooms in the tower but none of them looked big enough to be offices and it really caught my attention. So, I went inside this clock tower and a sign in the lobby said that it was actually a former department store and the owner added the clock tower with small rooms in it so it could be the tallest building in Denver, which it was for many decades. So the tallest building in Denver was a department store for a long time.

...there was also a sign saying there was a gentlemens club downstairs.

[Private Dick]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

here are two notable clock towers in milwaukee


Milwaukee City Hall:


source: http://jpcullen.blogspot.com/2010/11...-national.html

That's a goddamn incredible building.

[StethJeff]

Originally Posted by DJM19

I dont know if these Los Angeles ones all qualify, as they are more like tall buildings with large clocks on them:

Eastern Columbia:


you-are-here.com

USC Mudd Hall:




And just for sadness, LA lost its best clock tower:


badgehistory.com

LA Times HQ in DTLA

Source: LA Times

Union Station in DTLA

Source: Wikipedia

Tower Theater in DTLA

Source: Wikipedia

Farmer's Market in Fairfax

Source: Wehodaily

Holmby Hall in Westwood

Source: Wikipedia

Bay Cities Guaranty Building In Santa Monica

Source: Wikimapia

St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Pasadena

Source: Wikipedia

Smith Tower at Pomona College

Source: Pomona.edu

Courthouse in Hill Valley

Source: Wordpress

[chris08876]

Some in New Jersey:

Jersey, City: Colgate Clock near the waterfront; Not really a tower but its something unique to JC.

http://beehivehairdresser.com/wp-con...gate-clock.jpg

Newark, NJ: Law School Clock tower at Rutgers Newark Campus


http://nwkpsych.rutgers.edu/neuroscience/ClockTower.jpg

Newark, NJ: Society Hill


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._tower_jeh.jpg

Hoboken, New Jersey: 300 Adams St


http://cdn.hoboken411.com/wp-content...wer%201%60.JPG

Princeton, NJK Princeton University


http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...47-d62ahfi.jpg

Hoboken, NJ: The Hoboken Clock Tower


http://hobokennj.org/content/wp-cont...locktower2.jpg

[Private Dick]

Boston Store - Erie, PA superb Art Deco


http://www.flickr.com/photos/becky1949/6062964005/

St. Peter Cathedral - Erie, PA

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...0/100_0411.jpg

Erie Lackawanna Terminal - Hoboken, NJ

http://theboken.com/hoboken/hoboken-...om-the-hudson/

[Owlhorn]

Dallas
The 'friendly' Mercantile Building





The Old Red Courthouse




Fort Worth
Tarrant County Courthouse



Denton
Denton County Courthouse



University of North Texas Main building

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by peanut gallery

I think it's actually a line from The Fugitive.

you are correct sir.

my apologies for not getting the reference.

Originally Posted by Private Dick

That's a goddamn incredible building.

agreed. it's one of the finest city halls in the nation in my opinion.

fun fact: milwaukee city hall was the tallest building in the nation when it was completed in 1895 (but was soon superseded by NYC's park row building). that's right, for a brief window of time in the late 19th century, little old milwaukee was home to the nation's tallest building.

[Cirrus]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

fun fact: milwaukee city hall was the tallest building in the nation when it was completed in 1895

Not counting the Washington Monument, completed in 1884 and more than 200 feet taller. Probably also not counting some cathedrals.

It's the CN Tower debate all over again.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Cirrus

Not counting the Washington Monument, completed in 1884 and more than 200 feet taller. Probably also not counting some cathedrals.

It's the CN Tower debate all over again.

yeah, i guess i should have qualified my statement with tallest occupied building. then again, milwaukee's city hall isn't "occupied" all the way to its top. the washington monument was considerably taller at the time, and illinois' state capitol (completed 1888) is 8 ft. taller than milwaukee's city hall going by roof height. the SSP database isn't returning any other structures in the country that were taller than milwaukee's city hall at the time of its completion in 1895.

lots of hair-splitting, so let's just say that milwaukee's city hall was either the tallest, 2nd tallest, or 3rd tallest building in the nation when completed in 1895, depending on some definitions and qualifications.

[Boisebro]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

here are two notable clock towers in milwaukee

Allen-Bradley Clock Tower:


source: http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li...5ejo1_1280.jpg

if i'm not mistaken, this was the largest four-face clock in the world at one time.

milwaukee's full of little surprises like that.

[Boisebro]

the Boise Union Pacific Depot is the only one i can think of here:

[arkhitektor]

Salt Lake has the City/County Building:



and this thing at the Olympic fountain at The Gateway:



There's also the Walker Center, which isn't a clock, but forecasts the weather depending on the color of the lights on top:

Blue: clear skies
Flashing blue: cloudy skies
Red: rain
Flashing red: snow

[scalziand]

Originally Posted by Cirrus

And here are a few more from other cities, that pop into mind:
Waterbury, CT Union Station (back) and City Hall (front):

image from sgiambe on flickr

Grr, someone beat me to the Waterbury clocktowers.

Waterbury has more though. Here's the Timexpo Museum on the other side of town.

http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2...meDecember.htm

In Worcester, Boynton Hall, WPI has a clocktower.


http://www.wpi.edu/about/wallpaper.html

Worcester State Hospital

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wo...817790263).jpg

The hospital has been demolished, but they kept the clock tower in place.

Worcester City Hall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ci...usetts_USA.JPG

[KevinFromTexas]

This is Austin's University of Texas Tower - 307 feet - 29 floors - 1937. It's the tallest steel skyscraper in Austin since all the other major buildings here (with the exception of the Capitol dome) are concrete skeletal frame. It was designed by Paul Phillipe Cret of Philadelphia, and bares striking resemblance to Camden, New Jersey's city hall which was built 6 years earlier. I gotta wonder if Cret took inspiration from that building's design for the UT Tower.


KXAN Austin News - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater


University of Texas at Austin - via Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UTAustinTX/...type=3&theater

The building is located in the center of the UT Campus north of downtown.


r/Austin - http://imgur.com/r/Austin/IAa0dFk


JTpics.com - Via Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...ize=1280%2C853


JTpics.com - via Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...ze=2048%2C2048


JTpics.com - via Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...ze=2048%2C1365


University of Texas at Austin via Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UTAustinTX/...type=3&theater

[volguus zildrohar]

Philadelphia:

Obviously City Hall



Elverson (Inquirer) Building



Independence Hall


visitphilly.com

[jg6544]

Thanks, Kevin.

[Ex-Ithacan]

Not the best pics (from a long time ago).

Harrisonburg, VA




Scranton, PA






Huntington, WV




Norwich, CT




Middletown, CT




Pottsville, PA




Worcester, MA




Manchester, NH

[TexasRE]

Milwaukee City Hall:


source: http://jpcullen.blogspot.com/2010/11...-national.html


The high quality of craftsmanship and the intricate details to the Milwaukee City Hall always impressed me. Whenever I was in Milwaukee on business, I wanted to see this building. This building is a true masterpiece.

The Bromo Seltzer Tower in Baltimore which has a photo posted of it on page 1, is another unique clocktower. It's a timeless treasure for the city.