Clocktower Tours

The Rome Area History Center sponsors a tour of our town's iconic Clocktower on the first Saturday of each month from April to September. I have enjoyed giving the "Up Top" portion of the tour several times now. Here are some pics from yesterday's tours.

Selena Tilly, Archivist at the History Center, discusses the history of our City Clock and Tower inside what used to be the city's primary water reservoir which is inside the clocktower.

This drone video of the Clocktower Tour in progress was created by artist Jeremy Smith:

These three panoramic photos give a full 360° view from atop the City Clock...

1. The view toward (left to right)
"The Columns" on Fourth Ave.,
Summit Hill mills (formerly Southeastern Mills)
South Broad Street
Myrtle Hill
The confluence of the rivers
The Forum
The Courthouse
Winshape Center (at the base of Lavendar Mountain directly beyond the center section of the courthouse)
The Turner-McCall bridge over the Oostanaula
The Library
City Hall (and Auditorium)
Riverside (in the distance directly over City Hall)
Jackson Hill
Metropolitan United Methodist Church
Saint Mary's Catholic Church
North Broad Street

 

Panorama Two:
The confluence of the rivers
The Forum
The Courthouse
Winshape Center (at the base of Lavendar Mountain directly beyond the center section of the courthouse)
The Turner-McCall bridge over the Oostanaula
The Library
City Hall (and Auditorium)
Riverside (in the distance directly over City Hall)
Jackson Hill
Metropolitan United Methodist Church
Saint Mary's Catholic Church
North Broad Street
The Turner-McCall bridge over the Etowah
The new East Bend Shopping Center
Fifth Avenue at East Third Street
Old Shorter Hill (look for the pale yellow house with a prominent exterior chimney)

Panorama Three
North Broad Street
The Turner-McCall bridge over the Etowah
The new East Bend Shopping Center
Fifth Avenue at East Third Street
Old Shorter Hill (look for the pale yellow house with a prominent exterior chimney)
The Columns
First Untied Methodist Church
Mount Aventine
Summit Hill mills

First Baptist Church

Myrtle Hill