The Colgate Clock is an octagonal clock facing the Hudson River near Exchange Place in Jersey City, New Jersey. The clock has a diameter of 50 ft.[1] It was located atop of what was once the headquarters of the Colgate-Palmolive, until 1985, when it was moved to a ground-level location 1300 ft south of that building, which was demolished and replaced with the Goldman Sachs Tower.
History
The Colgate Clock once perched atop the Colgate plant at 85-99 Hudson Street in Jersey City, New Jersey.[2] This clock was built in 1924 to replace an earlier clock designed by Colgate engineer Warren Davey and constructed by the Seth Thomas Clock Company for Colgate's centennial in 1906. After it was replaced, the earlier clock was relocated to a Colgate factory in Clarksville, Indiana.[1][3][4] The Jersey City clock was maintained by John A. Winters from the 1930s until his retirement in 1976.
As of 2005, the Colgate Clock stands on an otherwise empty lot. The other buildings in the complex were demolished in 1985 when Colgate left. The lot is located along the Hudson River waterfront and the clock itself is 100 m south of the Goldman Sachs Tower, once the tallest skyscraper in the state of New Jersey. The construction of that building in the early 2000s forced a relocation of the clock southward. At that time, the size of the Colgate advertisement attached to it was reduced to comply with the Hudson River No Billboard law, and Goldman Sachs agreed to maintain the clock.
Gallery
See also
- Colgate Clock (Indiana)
- List of public art in Jersey City, New Jersey
External links
- (original location)
References
- Christopher Gray. The Colgate Clock; Winding Down to a Move for a Jersey City Beacon The New York Times, July 17, 1988, retrieved November 27, 2010^
- Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant, Building Nos. B-7 & B-8, 85-89 Hudson Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ Library of Congress, 2015, retrieved January 19, 2021^
- Richard D. Lyons. Jersey City Landmark; Now It's Time to Move the Colgate Clock