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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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Hatboro has received state funding to cover the 100 hours required to take apart and diagnose fixes for the clock tower atop borough hall, but fundraising is ongoing to repair, reassemble it.
At a minimum, the 200-year-old clock tower perched above the Hatboro municipal building will require 291 hours of work to clean, repair, restore and replace any parts not in working order. But, to pinpoint with better preciseness exactly what is needed to once again move the hands of time, antique clock restoration expert Keith Winship of Winships’ Pieces of Time said he first must take the historic clock apart, photograph and document each and every piece to determine exactly what parts are needed and exactly how much the labor and materials will cost. “It’s very difficult to say exactly what we’re going to do without taking the clock apart,” Winship told the council on Monday night. “I can’t just look at what’s up there and say, ‘this …
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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, 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 ›