It is a typical symbols of Bukit Tinggi West Sumatra and it has a story and the uniqueness in the course of history. This can be traced from the ornament on the Clock Tower. In the Dutch colonial period, this hour-shaped ornament and on it stands a statue of a rooster.
During the Japanese colonialism, the clock ornament turned into a pagoda ornament. While in the period after independence day, the shape ornament changed again to the shape Gonjong Minangkabau traditional house.