The church building dates to 1853. Cole said that with routine maintenance, the clock will keep running for many years. “We are very pleased with the job Manosh did,” Cole said.

As far east as Louisville's old Haymarket, slaves yearning for freedom could see the 150-foot-tall steeple of New Albany's Town Clock Church.

When Friends of the Town Clock Church started to save and renovate the building, originally completed in 1852, they knew that they wanted to see the large chandelier shedding light in the room.

Kimberly Goode, a member of the Friends of Town Clock Church board of directors. The National Trust for Historic Preservation ...

After several years of darkness, the lights behind the clock faces at the South Deerfield Congregational Church finally ...

The historic Town Clock Church in New Albany, Indiana, is making plans to turning part of the church and a building next door into an Underground Railroad Museum.

The building is filled with history that people who spend time inside say can be hard to shake. “Every time I put my key in the door, I’m reminded about the history of this whole community and really, ...

NEW ALBANY, Ind. — A church in New Albany that was pivotal during the Underground Railroad has received a national grant. Friends of the Town Clock Church was awarded $200,000 from a foundation ...

Laurence Gibney’s revised 2004 church history book, “The Church on Summit Hill,” says the clock was not part of Baumann’s design, but City Council member Samuel Rodgers thought the town ...

The East Main Street building served as a station on the Underground Railroad. “Those people standing there in shackles and chains could see the steeple of this church and think, if I can just ...

Parishioners of Assumption Catholic Church no longer have an excuse for showing up at Mass late. The eight clock faces adorning the two bell towers of the 90-year-old church building ...