[MassHistPres] Old Town Halls

[Dennis De Witt]

Brookline 1960s Aaaargh!!!!

(Our 1825 stone Greek Revival Town Hall is part of First Parish)



On Dec 12, 2007, at 11:16 PM, Karen C. Gray wrote:

> Stow  1848
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> From: "Joseph S. Larson" <larson at tei.umass.edu>
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:51 PM
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>> Pelham 1743
>>
>> Joseph S. Larson, Chairman
>> Pelham Historical Commission
>> 27 Arnold Road
>> Pelham, Massachusetts 01002-9757
>> http://myprofile.cos.com/larson358
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "French, Jim (DCR)" <Jim.French at state.ma.us>
>> To: "Streb, David" <DStreb at ci.fitchburg.ma.us>; "Alan H. McArdle"
>> <ahmcardle at gmail.com>; <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
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>>
>>> Sterling: 1835!
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu
>>> [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Streb, David
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:13 PM
>>> To: 'Alan H. McArdle'; masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
>>> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Old Town Halls
>>>
>>> Fitchburg's was built in 1853.  Now I'm wondering where we stand!
>>>
>>> dstreb at ci.fitchburg.ma.us  - David J. Streb, Planning Coordinator
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu
>>> [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Alan H.  
>>> McArdle
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:06 PM
>>> To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
>>> Subject: [MassHistPres] Old Town Halls
>>>
>>> The town of Whately is beginning the planning to raise money to  
>>> restore
>>> our
>>> old Town Hall. It was built in 1844 and has been in continuous  
>>> use since
>>> then. One of our Selectmen was wondering where we might stand in the
>>> oldest
>>> continuously used town hall rankings. We're sure there must be older
>>> ones
>>> but we suspect we might be pretty high on the list.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know where we might find information on construction  
>>> dates
>>> of
>>> town halls in our state? Is there such a thing as a list ordered by
>>> construction date? I'd rather not search the web sites of all 351  
>>> cities
>>> and
>>> towns.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Alan McArdle, Chair
>>> Whately Historic Commission
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