[MassHistPres] Greek Revival Town Hall

[Anne Forbes]

Betsy, I sympathize with your having to go through this type of battle. 
Many a "park" has replaced a historic building, but compared to a good old 
Town Hall that is architecturally and historically significant to a 
community, a park is likely to be nothing but blank space.  If you are 
particularly looking for Greek Revival examples, you might contact the Stow 
Historical Commission, where their old Town Hall, located across Rte. 117 
from their newer one, is used for community meeting space.

Anne Forbes
Acton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Betsy Hannula" <betsyhannula at verizon.net>
To: "List Serve Mass Historical Commission" <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:00 AM
Subject: [MassHistPres] Greek Revival Town Hall


>I am looking for a town in Massachusetts that has a Greek Revival period 
>Town Hall that has been rehabilitated or restored, either for continued use 
>as a town hall or for any other reuse.  I would like to visit it and take 
>photos, or at the least have a photo of it or a scan of a photo that I 
>could use emailed to me if anyone is able.
> The Selectmen in Westminster have placed an article on the warrant for the 
> town meeting on May 3 to demolish our Town Hall now that we have a new 
> one.  (They are all in favor of making this land a park.)  I'm preparing a 
> Power point presentation showing (1) old homes and buildings in 
> Westminster that we have already lost, (2) activities that have taken 
> place in the old Town Hall for more than a century, and (3) other town 
> halls in Massachusetts that have been successfully restored and reused.  I 
> have already been to Townsend and Groton (beautiful) but they're of a 
> different period and I think the impact would be greater if I had a 
> similar style building.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Betsy Hannula
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> 68 Harrington Road
> Westminster, MA 01473
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