Sutton Clock Tower LbNA #34382
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 22, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Bedford |
| County: | Westchester |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | suzietoots  |
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| Found by: | a knitwit |
| Last found: | Jul 31, 2013 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFaF |
| Last edited: | Aug 22, 2007 |
SUTTON CLOCK TOWER
At the comer of Guard Hill and Succabone Roads stands a tall, handsome brick tower which is a landmark and a source of joy and some amusement to the townspeople. This is the famous Sutton Clock Tower, and this is the story behind it.
In the late 1880s when the Sutton family moved to their country home in Bedford, Mrs. Sutton was homesick for New York City. Mr. James F. Sutton was a prominent New York art dealer, and his wife, was the daughter of R.H. Macy. For Mr. Sutton it was a return to the familiar scenes of his boyhood on his father’s farm. Mrs. Sutton missed the sounds of the city's church bells, especially the hourly bell tones from a clock tower near her New York home. Mr. Sutton, distressed by her unhappiness and hoping to relieve her nostalgia, installed in the cupola of his barn a huge clock, an E. Howard time and strike model with a 550-pound bell. The barn burned down in 1929, but the clock and bel were rescued. After Mrs. Sutton’s death, the property was sold. The barn was dismantled but the clock and bell were rescued and in 1939 a group of neighbors raised $3000 to build a tower to house the clock. They then donated the tower to the Town of Bedford. Since 1985, the Historical Society has leased the tower and maintains the clock. A small group of neighbors, known as the Clock Winders, takes turns winding the clock, which is accurate to this day as the chimes ring the hours across the surrounding fields and meadows. The group winds the clock weekly and it continues to sound the hours as it did for Mrs. Sutton a century ago.
To the letterbox:
From the Clock Tower, walk to the Black and White Succabone Rd./Guard Hill Road sign. Cross the street to the “parking area.” You will see on your right side a guard rail that sits on the ground. Just in front of the first tree (with vines growing on it), under the guard rail hidden by some stones is the Sutton clock tower letterbox. Please recover with same stones. Busy spot and lots of traffic.
At the comer of Guard Hill and Succabone Roads stands a tall, handsome brick tower which is a landmark and a source of joy and some amusement to the townspeople. This is the famous Sutton Clock Tower, and this is the story behind it.
In the late 1880s when the Sutton family moved to their country home in Bedford, Mrs. Sutton was homesick for New York City. Mr. James F. Sutton was a prominent New York art dealer, and his wife, was the daughter of R.H. Macy. For Mr. Sutton it was a return to the familiar scenes of his boyhood on his father’s farm. Mrs. Sutton missed the sounds of the city's church bells, especially the hourly bell tones from a clock tower near her New York home. Mr. Sutton, distressed by her unhappiness and hoping to relieve her nostalgia, installed in the cupola of his barn a huge clock, an E. Howard time and strike model with a 550-pound bell. The barn burned down in 1929, but the clock and bel were rescued. After Mrs. Sutton’s death, the property was sold. The barn was dismantled but the clock and bell were rescued and in 1939 a group of neighbors raised $3000 to build a tower to house the clock. They then donated the tower to the Town of Bedford. Since 1985, the Historical Society has leased the tower and maintains the clock. A small group of neighbors, known as the Clock Winders, takes turns winding the clock, which is accurate to this day as the chimes ring the hours across the surrounding fields and meadows. The group winds the clock weekly and it continues to sound the hours as it did for Mrs. Sutton a century ago.
To the letterbox:
From the Clock Tower, walk to the Black and White Succabone Rd./Guard Hill Road sign. Cross the street to the “parking area.” You will see on your right side a guard rail that sits on the ground. Just in front of the first tree (with vines growing on it), under the guard rail hidden by some stones is the Sutton clock tower letterbox. Please recover with same stones. Busy spot and lots of traffic.