[MassHistPres] Greek Revival Town Hall

[Dennis De Witt]

Indeed it would!  Save your town hall and get a glass skyscraper on  
the village green thrown in for free!  What a deal!


On Apr 17, 2008, at 1:30 PM, James Hadley wrote:

> It seems to me the attached photo, and history connected with it  
> should be close enough to the situation faced in Westminster to  
> cause the Selectmen to think again. As in Orleans, this historic  
> meetinghouse building is owned and operated by the local historical  
> society.
> Jim Hadley, Orleans, MA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "M Fenollosa"  
> <mmt.fenollosa at verizon.net>
> To: "Betsy Hannula" <betsyhannula at verizon.net>
> Cc: "List Serve Mass Historical Commission" <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Greek Revival Town Hall
>
>
>> Hi --
>>
>> If you go to MHC's MACRIS list (http://mhc-macris.net) and click on
>> location - "all towns", resource type - "buildings", architectural  
>> style
>> - "Greek Revival", use type - "town halls",
>>
>> you'll get a list of 119 such buildings across the commonwealth...
>>
>> Marilyn Fenollosa
>>
>> Betsy Hannula wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> 68 Harrington Road
>>> Westminster, MA 01473
>>>
>>>
>>>
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