Jul 17, 2026

Haydenville Church Tower Clock



Take a tour of the beautiful E. Howard tower clock in the Haydenville Congregational Church. Human powered! 19th century engineering at its finest! A tradition in town for more than 120 years, still alive & ticking.

Click the picture above to start the tour. If the Info sidebar isn't shown when the picture opens, click the picture caption to display it. There's a lot of explanatory text in the sidebars.

Collin Black, the father of Penelope Black, who is the current clock minder/winder, made a video illustrating the weekly winding. Watch it here: Winding the Tower Clock

A recording of the clock tolling 12 bells can be heard here: HCC Clock Bells