Clock at First and Elm streets swings with history's hands
Levy’s idea came to him after he had already donated a clock to the city of Cincinnati, where he lived most of his life.
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Boyett: Henderson's Old City Hall was tough to take down
The other shoe dropped for the city of Henderson 50 years ago when the state ordered that it either immediately vacate its 1903 City Hall or spend a fortune to make it safe. Problems with the large building at First and Elm streets had been looming for years. The Gleaner of Dec. 20, 1965, reported that an architect had been hired to design a new city hall. But then the proposal got caught up in a huge controversy when Mayor Maurice Galloway decided it ought to be built in the northeast corner of Central Park. Public hearings were held but that proposal didn’t get public confirmation from th...
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