[MassHistPres] Old Town Halls

[Betsy Hannula]

Westminster's town hall was built in 1839.  Since a new town hall was built and occupied last spring, the old one is in serious danger of being destroyed because we've been told it's too expensive to repair the third floor in order to restore and reuse.   A never-ending battle.
    

"Karen C. Gray" <kcthreads at earthlink.net> wrote:
  Stow 1848
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph S. Larson" 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Old Town Halls


> 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)" 
> To: "Streb, David" ; "Alan H. McArdle"
> ; 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Old Town Halls
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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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