WILKES-BARRE — In 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt visited Wilkes-Barre for the 25th anniversary of his local ally Father John J. Curran’s ordination into the priesthood. Roosevelt was also actively campaigning for a third presidential term, which was constitutionally allowed at the time.

Curran was serving at the Holy Savior Church in the East End section of the city in 1912, and was gifted a Gothic-style mahogany clock by Roosevelt to mark the anniversary.

That clock was later taken to St. Mary’s Church on South Washington Street, where it stayed in a dining room — nearly untouched — for 102 years.

Now, the clock has been donated to the Wilkes-Barré Preservation Society and the Zebulon Butler House Museum, where it will be held as an impressive, physical piece of local histor

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