Town Clock Marketplace

100 Congress ST

Winnsboro, SC 29180


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City: Winnsboro

Region: Midlands

Town Clock Marketplace

Winnsboro Town Clock is the oldest continuously running clock in the US. Circa 1833 Built originally as a market it has served as fire house, community meeting room and home of the Fairfield County Chamber on the second floor from 1947 until 2011. The bell was used to notify the public of opening of the market, fire, and approaching Union troops. The clock mechanism was converted to electricity in the 1970s. The bell which came from France in the 1830s. The building is not accessible to the public.

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Location

I-77 exit 34 to Hwy 34, turn right onto US Hwy 321 when it intersects SC 34. Stay in right lane to Business 321 Columbia Road, which becomes Congress St. in the town limits. The Town Clock building is at the third stoplight at intersection of Congress an


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