Record #:

23010

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

There were once several large clocks in Greenville at the turn of the Century. There were large clocks in Coward & Wooten’s Drug Store, W. L. Best Jewelry Store and the Hotel Bertha, all connected to a master clock at the Western Union Office. Some people remember the large clock on the sidewalk in front of the W. L. Best Jewelry Store. In 1912, a large clock was put into the cupola of the new County Court House. There was trouble during WWII blackouts to get the Court House clock lights shut off.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Mar 12-25 1997, p10

Subject(s):

Greenville--History--Town clock