{"nrhp_refnum":"04001574","name":"Old Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10 Kendal Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tyngsborough","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.675800346000074,"lon":-71.42420926199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-02-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-framed, front-gabled Federal style building at 10 Kendall Road in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, built ca. 1834 as a Baptist church and converted to the Town Hall in 1864.","why_significant":"The building is significant for its Federal style architecture with later Colonial Revival additions, and for its long civic and community role. It served as town hall until 1998, and also housed a school, library, police station, theatre and meeting space. It was also tied to the town's religious history as a Baptist church.","narrative":"Standing at the center of Tyngsborough beside Flint's Pond, this wood-framed building began around 1834 as a Baptist church. Its front-gabled form, colossal Doric pilasters and molded cornice reflect the Federal style, and it may have been built by the local Kendall Brothers, who worked on several nearby buildings. The town acquired it in 1864 and used it as Town Hall until 1998. Over the years it also held a school, a public library, a police station, a theatre stage and rooms for groups such as the town band. A major renovation in 1892 added a cupola, a Colonial Revival entry porch, a stage, a records vault and much of the interior finish. The nomination describes the building as architecturally important and as a lasting center of local government and social life. It is structurally sound but now vacant, with its interior largely emptied of furnishings and partitions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Possibly built by the Kendall Brothers, local builders (not confirmed); 1892 renovation architect not named","architectural_style":"Federal; Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Good structural condition but vacant; utility limited by lack of interior finish and modern mechanical systems. Town Hall and police have moved to new buildings.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.05753-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/7958/63795822/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/04001574.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001574/8ef90d70ac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001574/8ef90d70ac-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Town_Hall,_Tyngsborough_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Town_Hall,_Tyngsborough_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795822","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Hall_(Tyngsborough,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7085285"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/old-town-hall-04001574/"}