
![]() Around 1851, after Alabama's present-day capitol building was rebuilt from the burned ruins of the 1847 Stephen Decatur Button-designed edifice, the citizens of Montgomery wanted to have a city clock that everyone could see, hear, and tell time by. Montgomerians eyed the top of the capitol portico pediment as the perfect place for a clock, and they petitioned the state government for their request. In a joint resolution on February 9, 1852, the legislature approved the placement of a town clock on top of the capitol building downtown.
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