Vermont Clock Company

Vermont Clock Company was formed by the McGuire Family in a small town in Vermont. Isle La Motte, an island in Lake Champlain, was home to Vermont Clock Company. Jack and Linda, husband and wife and their daughter Meghan and son Michael, started the business with one Shaker Tall Clock.

Using premium lumber and time tested joinery, coupled with attention to detail and well designed clocks is what Vermont Clock Co. is known for and remains the producers of the finest Shaker clocks.

Named, Watervliet Shaker Clock, it was modeled after a Circa 1820 Tall Clock, attributed to the Watervliet Shaker Community. With clean lines and unadorned details, it is classic Shaker. A solid brass Hermle, weight driven clock movement was ideal for the clock, a bare-bones movement with high quality. Meghan painted the Dial and the clock looked like a work of art. (Pictured to the left in Walnut)

After designing the first clock, the Shaker Tall clock was a hit! The family business, Vermont Clock Company started selling to about 12 stores and also through mail order catalogs.

The McGuire Family, added several more Grandfather Clocks, then within a year they were selling eight different clocks. They wholesaled the clock to numerous stores, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which sold the smaller version of the Shaker Tall Clock, “The Dwarf Clock”.

Jack, in 2012 was diagnosed with Cancer and courageously fought the disease for eight years and passed away in 2020 at 75 years old. Linda still helps Michael, Meghan has moved onto new adventures.

Today, the VCC has one clock maker today. After 20 years of making clocks, Michael has slimmed the line of clocks down to Shaker Clocks and one colonial Grandfather clock.

Vermont Clock Company resides in middle Tennessee, Lewisburg is about 40 miles south of Nashville.