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Primary support beams of lodgepole pine lean directly onto the massive 500-ton stone fireplace, built of volcanic rhyolite quarried about five miles from the construction site. Robert Reamer designed the imposing clock and had it built by his blacksmith George Colpitts, of Livingston, MT. Though the face of the clock might at first look somewhat modern, it maintains its original 1903-1904 appearance. Some think the large pendulum, however, may never have been been functional. At various times in the past, mechanisms have caused it to swing slowly, and until 2000, the large hands were driven by an ordinary-size clock located in a box behind them. This smaller clock had its own pendulum, and was wound regularly by brave staff of the Inn who volunteered to climb onto a metal platform to reach it. In summer 2000, the large clock was carefully renovated to be pendulum driven and now runs on its own power. |
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