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'''Milford Town Hall''' is the historic [[town hall]] at 52 Main Street in [[Milford, Massachusetts]]. The two story wood frame building was completed in 1854; in addition to its role in housing town offices for over a century, it is a distinctive local example of Italianate architecture, with pilasters articulating the building bays above a quoined basement level, a modillioned cornice, and alternating gabled and segmented-arch pediments above its windows. It is unusual among Milford's public buildings in ''not'' being built out of locally quarried granite.<ref name=MACRIS>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=MIL.9|title=MACRIS inventory record for Milford Town Hall|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2014-03-30}}</ref>
'''Milford Town Hall''' is the historic [[town hall]] at 52 Main Street in [[Milford, Massachusetts]]. The two story wood frame building was built in 1858; in addition to its role in housing town offices for over a century, it is a distinctive local example of Italianate architecture, with pilasters articulating the building bays above a quoined basement level, a modillioned cornice, and alternating gabled and segmented-arch pediments above its windows. It is unusual among Milford's public buildings in ''not'' being built out of locally quarried granite.<ref name=MACRIS>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=MIL.9|title=MACRIS inventory record for Milford Town Hall|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2014-03-30}}</ref>


The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1977.<ref name="nris"/>
The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1977.<ref name="nris"/>

Revision as of 04:00, 5 August 2017

For the town hall of Milford, New Hampshire, see Milford Town House and Library Annex.
Milford Town Hall
Milford Town Hall is located in Massachusetts
Milford Town Hall
Milford Town Hall is located in the United States
Milford Town Hall
LocationMilford, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°8′33″N 71°31′2″W / 42.14250°N 71.51722°W / 42.14250; -71.51722
Built1853
ArchitectThomas W. Silloway
Architectural styleRenaissance
NRHP reference No.77000200 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1977

Milford Town Hall is the historic town hall at 52 Main Street in Milford, Massachusetts. The two story wood frame building was built in 1858; in addition to its role in housing town offices for over a century, it is a distinctive local example of Italianate architecture, with pilasters articulating the building bays above a quoined basement level, a modillioned cornice, and alternating gabled and segmented-arch pediments above its windows. It is unusual among Milford's public buildings in not being built out of locally quarried granite.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Milford Town Hall". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-30.


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