Sundial   520

  • Dial City:    Berryville
  • Dial State/Province:    Virginia
  • Dial Country:    USA
  • Lat:  39° 8.627' N
  • Dial Nr:    520
  • Dial Type:    Horizontal Dial
  • Dial Access:    Public
  • Lon:  77° 58.537' W
  • Dial Owner:    Berryville Graphics (formerly Doubleday & Company)
  • Dial Designer:    Commissioned 1910
  • Dial Maker:   
  • Dial Date:    1912
  • Location:
  • Entrance drive to Berryville Graphics, 25 Jack Enders Blvd
  • Description:
  • This lovely horizontal dial was originally located in New York City NY on the grounds of the Doubleday & Co. book manufacturing plant. It was subsequently moved to Berryville VA in 1956, and is now part of Berryville Graphics. The sundial stands about 4 feet high and has a brass reproduction of the Gutenberg Bible of Forty Two Lines (originally produced around 1455) and the hour markers are brass plates of twelve printers' marks from the earliest printers.
  • Inscription:
  • Inscribed "Doubleday, Page & Company, Founded in An. Dm. 1900"
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