{"id":403,"date":"2021-06-29T16:33:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T20:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/?p=403"},"modified":"2021-06-29T16:33:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T20:33:06","slug":"customs-house-tower-clock-105-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"Customs House Tower clock &#8211; 105 anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_404\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6138-09a2-9-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-404\" class=\"size-full wp-image-404\" src=\"https:\/\/stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6138-09a2-9-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6138-09a2-9-6.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6138-09a2-9-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6138-09a2-9-6-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customs House tower aerial view, with State Street bldgs, Boston, MA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While the tower was completed in 1915, the clock was not started until noon on April 6, 1916. Built by the Howard Clock Co., it has a 9 foot pendulum. \u00a0 Stats: \u00a022 ft diameter face, \u00a03 ft glass numbers, \u00a0hands 11 &amp; 14 feet long. The concept &#8211; building a deco tower on top of a greek temple &#8211; is audacious. \u00a0As a landmark, it is brilliant; easily identified from all parts of the city, making a\u00a0distinctive motif for Boston. \u00a0This aerial view is from a\u00a0helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>An archival photo from 1913 captures the first stage of construction. \u00a0Probably taken from the Four &amp; Grain Exchange. \u00a0The tower design is by Peabody &amp; Stearns, 1913-1915. \u00a0The original Customs House, a granite temple, was designed by Ammi Young, 1847.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Customs-H-1913b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-407\" src=\"https:\/\/stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Customs-H-1913b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1006\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Customs-H-1913b.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Customs-H-1913b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Customs-H-1913b-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the tower was completed in 1915, the clock was not started until noon on April 6, 1916. Built by the Howard Clock Co., it has a 9 foot pendulum. \u00a0 Stats: \u00a022 ft diameter face, \u00a03 ft glass numbers, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/?p=403\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,3,4,7,9,382,37,112,22],"class_list":["post-403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-above","tag-aerial","tag-aerial-photo","tag-boston","tag-clock","tag-customs-house-tower","tag-development","tag-historic","tag-sunrise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/aboveandbeyond\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}