It was manufactured in 1920 by the Seth Thomas Clock Company, and erected in 1930 opposite the front entrance of Baxter's Jewelry Store.

The four-sided clock has brass and steel works contained in a spherical cast iron case which consists of three stages.

[1] The clock was also designated a contributing property to the New Bern Historic District, which was listed on the NRHP on June 19, 1973.

Benny and Della Baxter hired a salvage company the following day to use a crane to lift the clock from the pedestal so it could be repaired.

Dabney Coddington, then a curator at Tryon Palace, said "That block of Pollock Street really looks naked, believe me."

Swiss Bear began the Baxter Clock Restoration Campaign which raised the necessary $28,000 needed for repairs.

The repaired clock was dedicated on April 20, 1991, with special guest Patricia Dorsey, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, in attendance.

Behind the panels on the north and south sides are doors with an iron knob allowing access to the clockwork.

The fluted column features a molded base and Corinthian style capital decorated with fern palmettes.

There are visible seams on each corner of the clock as well as decorative lion heads surrounded by a palmette border.