SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) -- A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the City of Spartanburg and city council over the removal of the downtown clock tower.

In a 4-2 vote, Spartanburg City Council chose to tear down and move the clock tower during a meeting on September 22.

The tower has been situated in Morgan Square since the 1970s, having been part of past government buildings.

City leaders told 7NEWS that the actual clock within the tower has roots going 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 inside a newly built clock tower.

A group called Support the Spartanburg Clock Tower filed the lawsuit, claiming that removing the tower violates the Heritage

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