Pelham Town Hall Historic District

Pelham Town Hall Historic District

Old Pelham Town Hall (1743)
Location Pelham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′32″N 72°24′16″W / 42.39222°N 72.40444°W / 42.39222; -72.40444Coordinates: 42°23′32″N 72°24′16″W / 42.39222°N 72.40444°W / 42.39222; -72.40444
Built 1739
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Greek Revival, Colonial
NRHP Reference #

71000085

[1]
Added to NRHP November 23, 1971

The Pelham Town Hall Historic District encompasses the remaining municipal portion of the center of Pelham, Massachusetts as laid out between 1738 and 1743.[2] It includes the Old Town Hall, built in 1743, which is claimed by the town to be the oldest continuously used town hall in the United States.[3]

The land which became Pelham was acquired by the Lisburn Proprietors, Scottish emigrants, in 1738. The next year, a lot of 10 acres (4.0 ha) was laid out for a meeting house, town pound, training field, and cemetery. The meeting house (now the town hall) was built on this parcel in 1743. A portion of the land was sold off in 1801, and the Pelham Hill Church, now the historical society museum, was built in the early 1840s.[2][4]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "MACRIS inventory record for Pelham Town Hall Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  3. ↑ http://www.townofpelham.org/about_pelham.html
  4. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Pelham Hill Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-17.


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