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SPRINGFIELD'S BUILDINGS OF 83 YEARS
Old City Hall
First Town Hall
UP-TO-DATE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. Now being erected on Court street. (See other side.)
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Published by Geo. S. Graves, Springfield, Mass. and West Harpswell, Me.
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SPRINGFIELD'S FIRST TOWN HALL was opened in 1828
and still stands at the corner of State and Market Streets. In 1855
the City Hall was opened and at that period was the most important
structure ever erected in Western Massachusetts. It cost $100,000,
the clock tower was 130 feet high and held a bell of two tons weight.
2500 people could be seated in the hall. During a food fair in 1905,
a mischievous monkey saw fit to upset a lamp-result: a $100,000"
fire and Springfield minus a city hall.
Now on the old site, Court Street, the new $1,500,000 municipal
buildings are being erected, and will make Springfield famous,
will elevate the standard of architecture, public and private, and
teach new and beautiful ideas. The clock tower, 300 feet high, is a
unique feature of the group that will attract thousands of visitors to
enjoy the grand view of the city and Connecticut valley.
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