Watertown Town Hall

Exterior view -- decorated with bunting for election of U.S. Grant. Town Hall, 1868. Town affairs were carried on for ten years without a Town Hall. In 1846 a wooden structure close to the corner of Main and Church Streets was built. Part of Dr.…

Edward P. Fuber was chair of the Administration Building Committee and the Selectmen from 1930 to 1931 when the building was built. Designed by R. Clipston Sturgis. Started in 1928, the Administration Building Committee was required to get…

Started in 1928, the Administration Building Committee was required to get permission from the State Legislature to build on Saltonstall Park. By 1930 they started to build. Completed in 1932, there is a bust of Washington and Lincoln on the front…

Main Street on the corner of Church Street. Note the RR crossing on Church Street and that Lenox Barber shop is missing to the right of the building. Built in 1849 and demolished 1937. Town affairs were carried on for ten years without a Town Hall.…

Celebration occurring when the building was fairly new as the landscape does not have large trees or bushes. Started in 1928, the Administration Building Committee was required to get permission from the State Legislature to build on Saltonstall…