SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) -- Spartanburg City Council voted to tear down and move the clock tower during a meeting on Monday night.

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The clock tower was initially set to be moved later this year to make room for a streetscaping project along with a new hotel and mixed-use development that start construction this fall.

The council voted 4-2 to move the iconic tower, which has sat in the heart of downtown since October 1989.

According to city leaders, though the tower itself only dates back to the 1970s, the clock it houses has roots dating back to 1881. After spending years in storage, city leaders worked with the Spartanburg Bicentennial Committee to refurbish and modernize the clock’s mechanism and place it insi

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