
5 years and 14 days after I started this project, I’m riding on the Nantucket High Speed Ferry to the island, to take the 351st and last town hall photo.

5 years and 14 days after I started this project, I’m riding on the Nantucket High Speed Ferry to the island, to take the 351st and last town hall photo.
Middlefield Town Hall – 2:12 PM
– This is town hall #350, the second to last one in the state. It’s a renovated one story brick elementary school, located about a 1/2 mile outside of the old town center. The Mack family cemetery is behind the town hall, at the edge of the woods. The only other on site amenity is a asphalt basketball court. Building a court beside your town hall is usually a recipe for obscurity. But this one has 2 neighborhood kids playing there.
– Veterans Day, sunny and 65 degrees.
Gosnold Town Hall – 2:30 PM
1925 Cape Style, weathered shingles. Light rain all day. One of the 3 town halls that need a ferry ride to get to an island.
Tower Hill Road is the only straight street on the island.
Ludlow Town Office Building – 11:30 AM
Wilbraham Town Hall – 1:20 PM
Springfield City Hall – 2:30 PM
South Hadley Town Hall – 3:11 PM
Boston City Hall – 5:30 PM
Chicopee City Hall – 11:00 AM
“In 1869, the City of Chicopee purchased from the Ames Manufacturing Company, land on which to build a City Hall. The architectural design was done by Charles Edward Parker of Boston and has many similarities to the design of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy after which it was intentionally patterned. He is also reputed to have designed the Town Hall in Easthampton, Massachusetts. The work on Old City Hall began in early 1871. Bricks used in construction were made and furnished by Charles McClallan. The metal railings, hinges, fittings and the eagle weathervane used on the building were all cast at the Ames Manufacturing Co. famous for Ames Swords used during the Civil War. The original semi-circular steps at the front have been replaced. At the top of the steps in the spacious recessed entrance, memorial tablets of Chicopee’s Civil War dead stand at each end. The building was completed in 1871 and dedicated on December 21, 1871.
The two-story brick building, sitting on a high granite basement, dominates Market Square where four streets converge for crossing the Chicopee River and Dwight Mills Canal. The building originally had rows of chimneys along the two long eaves of the Ridge-Type roof above the exterior walls and between the main window bays, but they were removed at a later date when central heating was installed and the building was re-roofed. The gable-ended front façade exposes beautiful detailing of pilasters and dentil work done in brick as well as a large stained glass rose window and a three-arched entrance portico whose columns are topped by capitals, no two of which are alike.
One of the great distinguishing features of the Chicopee City Hall is its 147 foot tower, patterned after that of the Palazzo Vecchio. Atop the tower, there is a gold eagle spreading its wings 7 feet from tip to tip and weighing 54 pounds. In the tower hangs a bell that was used on public occasions and as a fire alarm. The tower also houses a clock facing out on three sides, which was installed later in 1888. The clock is made up of wooden parts still in working condition.”
Holyoke City Hall – 11:28 AM
Granby Town Hall – 12:40 PM
Monterey Town Hall – 1:20 PM
West Springfield Town Hall – 2:40 PM
Agawam Town Hall – 3:30 PM
Edgartown Town Hall – 10:30 AM
West Tisbury Town Hall – 11:40 AM
Chilmark Town Hall – 12:10 PM
Aquinnah Town Office – 1:30 PM
Oak Bluffs Town Office – 3:40 PM
Tilsbury Town Hall – 2:15 PM
Chesterfield Town Office – 11:20 PM
Worthington Town Hall – 6:30 PM
Peru Town Office – 1:00 PM
Plainfield Town Hall – 2:40 PM
Ashfield Town Hall – 3:00 PM
Conway Town Hall – 3:40 PM