Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The Hatboro Borough Council intends to apply for a state grant to help fund restoration of its 200-year-old clock tower.
With the first phase of the process to restart the hands of time for Hatboro's historic clock tower barely underway, officials are looking ahead to next steps. The Hatboro Borough Council during its meeting Monday night formally approved a proposal from Keith Winship of Winships' Pieces of Time to devise a detailed report outlining the costs and repairs needed to restore and preserve the borough's 200-year-old clock tower, which sits atop borough hall. Winships' work to create the report - which is being funded by a 50-50 grant and local match - is expected to be complete by Dec. 31. But, before that happens, Borough Manager Fred Zollers told Patch that the governing body is expected to take action next month on another state grant …
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Friday, January 18, 2013
The Hatboro Borough Council will consider appointing clock enthusiast and business owner Keith Winship for the first phase of upgrades to the borough's 200-year-old clocktower.
The Hatboro Borough Council is poised to begin the process of seeing how much tinkering, cleaning and fixes are needed to restart the hands of time. The governing body discussed during its meeting this week - and is expected to vote during its Jan. 28 meeting - to authorize antique clock enthusiast Keith Winship of Winships' Pieces of Time to devise a report detailing the things needed to restore and preserve the borough's 200-year-old clock tower. Borough Manager Fred Zollers said that Winship, in his letter to the borough, said he will be "taking pictures and observing" and has no plans to disassemble the clock, as has been previously suggested. In line with the matching $5,000 grant that Hatboro received last fall from the from the …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Until the Millbrook Society raises the anticipated $35,000 to restore the 200-year-old clock atop Hatboro Borough Hall, it will not be taken apart.
You could almost hear a collective sigh of relief. Hatboro historian David Shannon allayed fears when he shared with the borough council that the previously mentioned plans to disassemble the borough’s clock tower in order to precisely determine fixes necessary to restart it were no more. “Nobody’s touching that clock until the entire funds are raised,” Shannon said, moments after presenting the council with a $5,000 check to cover a borough match for a $10,000 state grant. “The money that is being raised for this project is not coming out of any borough funds whatsoever.” To date, the Millbrook Society has raised more than $1,000 beyond the portion needed for the first grant, which covers the cost of Keith Winship of Winships’ Pieces of …
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
The next step in restoring Hatboro's 200-year-old clock tower is to have clockmaker Keith Winship devise a restoration plan.
Money is in hand for the first phase of a long-awaited project aimed at bringing Hatboro's 200-year-old clock tower back to life. Hatboro Borough Councilwoman Patty Fleming, one of about a dozen volunteers serving on a committee for the clock’s restoration and preservation, told Patch that the Millbrook Society – the local fundraising arm of the initiative – was successful in raising the $5,000 needed for a $5,000 matching grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. "We're still fundraising," Fleming said. To date, volunteers have obtained in excess of $6,000, she said, adding that anything above the $5,000 needed for the first phase will go toward future clock restoration efforts. Officials had expected to have a …
Monday, July 16, 2012
Hatboro secures a $5,000 state grant to cover expense of drafting a restoration plan for Hatboro’s 200-year-old clock tower.
Hatboro officials are nearly 20 percent of the way there in terms of funding repairs and creating an endowment for the borough’s clock tower, which turned 200 this year. Officials were successful in securing a $5,000 matching grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to cover the $10,000 cost of having clockmaker Keith Winship of Winships’ Pieces of Time devise a restoration plan for the clock, which sits atop borough hall. And, in just three months, the Millbrook Society – the local fundraising arm of the initiative – raised all but the last $1,000 for the borough match, according to Millbrook Society President Lin Magaha. “We feel confident that if we ask our supporters we should be able to achieve that,” Magaha said…
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Millbrook Society is helping with fundraising efforts for the 200-year-old clock tower at the former Loller Academy, now Hatboro borough hall.
The notion that time is money has perhaps never been truer than now as Hatboro officials look to secure enough funding to restart the hands of time on a 200-year-old clock. In conjunction with a state grant the borough is seeking to cover the cost of devising a detailed restoration plan for the historic clock sitting atop borough hall, a committee formed with the clock’s preservation in mind has teamed up with the Millbrook Society to fundraise. At the very least, the group, led by Hatboro businessman Charles Roche,’ is hoping to secure $5,000 needed for the matching grant. But, that’s just for the plan. Much more is needed to actually restore the clock and get it functioning again, Roche’ said. “There’s no mystery in how to do this. We …
Clock restoration was supposed to be a hobby for Keith Winship, but since it's actually his career, he hopes to restore Hatboro's tower clock.
Clocks ticking, chiming and cuckooing consumes the space of Winships' Pieces of Time store, but owner Keith Winship doesn't hear them anymore. Winship and his mother started the business about 20 years ago, and he and his brother, Brian, work on roughly 150 to 200 clocks at once, so it's not surprising that he can ignore the sound. "We don't even hear it anymore," Winship says with a chuckle. "In fact, we have egg timers placed around the shop [for] when we're testing a clock." They set an egg timer to let them know when a clock they are working on is about to chime, so they can go stand in front of the clock to see if it goes off. The clock business wasn't always on the to do list for Winship or his brother. They grew up working on clocks…
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Hatboro's clock tower turns 200 years old this year and residents, elected officials hope to secure funding for its eventual restoration.
Hatboro officials are, once again, trying to reset the hands of time. The governing body, during its Monday night meeting, approved submission of a $10,000 matching grant to cover the cost of devising a detailed plan related to the equipment, labor, cost and timeline necessary for disassembling, preserving and reassembling the 200-year-old clock tower, which sits atop borough hall. The application for potential funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is due on Thursday, according to Bill Dixon, state Rep. Tom Murt's legislative aide and one of many involved in the long-time plans to restore the clock. The borough applied last year for the same funding, but was turned down, Councilwoman Patty Fleming said. Fleming …
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
A group of Hatboro-area clock collectors hope to create an endowment to restore and preserve the nearly 200-year-old borough hall clock tower.
Following a state grant denial, a group of clock enthusiasts are set to chime in about their preservation plans for Hatboro’s Borough Hall clock tower. Led by Hatboro businessman Charles Roche’ - whose office is in direct view of the historic structure - the group is expected to discuss with the council next month its plans to “create a permanent, perpetual endowment,” according to Hatboro Main Street Manager Stephen Barth. “Interest from funds would go toward maintenance, repairs and perpetual care of this clock,” Barth said. “They would like to move ahead with this project immediately.” The urgency, Barth said, stems from the clock’s upcoming 200th birthday in 2012. Horsham native Isaiah Lukens istalled the clock in 1812. Lukens later …
Bill Godshall
11:52 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
Preserving history is what makes a town a good, comfortable and, desirable place to live. Granted the 50s and 60s were not kind to the architecture of York Rd. but, let's learn from our past mistakes while we move Hatboro forward. There are still many beautiful old buildings in our town that deserve TLC. As far as the youth are concerned maybe a part of their future should be shaped by them. … more ›