Bourne Town Hall
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| Location | Bourne, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°44′53″N 70°36′6″W / 41.74806°N 70.60167°WCoordinates: 41°44′53″N 70°36′6″W / 41.74806°N 70.60167°W |
| Area | 4.09 acres (1.66 ha) |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | James Purdon |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| Governing body | Local |
| NRHP Reference # |
12001169 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 14, 2013 |
Bourne Town Hall is the town hall of Bourne, Massachusetts. It is located at 24 Perry Road in the Buzzards Bay section of the town. The two story Classical Revival brick building was built in 1914 to a design by architect James Purdon. It consists of a two story main block, which is flanked on either side by single story wings, and in the rear by a projecting two story ell. The flanking wings are the result of a 1937 addition, and the rear ell, originally one story, was raised to two in the 1970s.[2]
The facade of the main block is five bays wide, with a center entrance. Each of the three middle bays is set behind flat brick pilasters supporting a semicircular, wood springing arch, and contains an original recessed, semicircular, multilight window at the second level, and a rectangular wood plaque above a ground-floor opening.[2]
The building was the first purpose-built town hall for Bourne, which was incorporated in 1884. Prior to its construction, town offices were kept first in a rented private residence, and then in the Jonathan Bourne Public Library.[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NRHP nomination for Bourne Town Hall". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
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