"On March 11, 1975, the City Council unanimously designated the Town Clock as the city's official Bicentennial project to be completed by July 4, 1976, donating $27,000 toward the project's estimated $89,000 cost," writes Local History columnist Ross Eric Gibson.
"When the Odd Fellows Building was opened in 1874, it was the tallest building in town, topped with a Town Clock purchased by public contribution and maintained by the city," writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson. "So while the building was owned by the Odd Fellows, the Town Clock belonged to the people."