Tick Tock, Courthouse Clock

Friday the county held a celebration and asked the public to come out to watch the installation of the clock and cupula on the new county courthouse.

The courthouse is under construction and nowhere near complete, but this is a big milestone for the community, getting the structure back to looking like it might one day be a real courthouse.

A nice crowd gathered.

The part that holds the clock, one on each side, was lowered into place.

I bet those guys were hot under there.

The top waited its turn, sitting patiently on Main Street.

The clock is in place!

Officials did what they do best: offer up speeches in front of port-a-potties.

Getting the top ready.

We were told there would be a delay, and we left.

Later we drove back to see the finished product.

It's even topped with a weather vane.

There were lots of "old Botetourt" families there, including us.

This is what the courthouse looked like before they tore it down to replace it. This one was built in the middle 1970s, following a fire to the one that stood there before it.

This is the courthouse that burned:

Here's a link to a video of my husband's grandmother talking about rebuilding the courthouse after it burned.