Ware Town Hall - Ware, MA
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Town Hall is located on 126 Main Street (Route 9) in downtown Ware.
Waymark Code: WMCQX1
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2011
Views: 4
The Ware Town Hall is a Romanesque Revival building in the style made famous by H.H. Richardson. It was constructed about 1885 to a design of H. P. Cummings and Company, Henry Walker Hartwell, Thomas E. Madigan, and William Cummings Richardson. On the Main Street level was a large hall that seated 767 people, had a stage and dressing rooms. Town offices and a courtroom were housed in the basement level.
The building features a high hipped roof, a broad arched entrance, and a tall clock tower that containing Westminster chimes. The building is trimmed with rough-faced sandstone and terracotta blocks. When the rear of the building was destroyed by fire in 1935, the town repair the damage and constructed a matching annex.
Street address: 126 Main Street Ware, MA United States 01082
County / Borough / Parish: Hampshire
Year listed: 1986
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1875-1899
Historic function: Government
Current function: Government
Privately owned?: no
Hours of operation: From: 8:00 AM To: 4:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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