{"nrhp_refnum":"11000883","name":"Stetson Hall","other_names":["Randolph Town Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Randolph","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.16203631600007,"lon":-71.04122099399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Education","Entertainment/Recreation","Politics/Government","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story Greek Revival civic building at 6 South Main Street in Randolph, Massachusetts, built in 1842 with a donation from Amasa Stetson. It served as the town hall and also housed a school, offices and an assembly hall.","why_significant":"It is described as the largest and most monumental Greek Revival building in Randolph. It served as town hall, home of the town's first public high school, a bank, a library association, and a muster point and armory during the Civil War. A 1911 Civil War memorial stands on its front lawn.","narrative":"Stetson Hall, at 6 South Main Street in Randolph, is a temple-front Greek Revival building completed in 1842 with funds donated by Amasa Stetson. It stands on a granite ledge at the southeastern end of Crawford Square. Its pedimented portico has six fluted Ionic columns, and the clapboard main block holds offices on the first floor and a double-height assembly hall above. Later changes include a cupola added in 1866, a rear stage pavilion built in 1916, 1928 renovations, and a 2001 elevator addition. The building is described as the largest and most monumental Greek Revival example in town. It served as town hall and housed Randolph's first public high school, the Randolph Savings Bank, and a reading room association whose holdings seeded the public library. During the Civil War it was an armory, muster point and recruiting office. A 1911 soldier monument stands in front, and marble tablets listing the Civil War dead are displayed inside.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century / Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use for municipal offices, a hall and a small G.A.R. museum. A 2001 addition provides an elevator and restrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:10:51.615444-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/7962/63796242/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/11000883.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000883/cb0b9e06e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000883/cb0b9e06e1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RandolphMA_StetsonHall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RandolphMA_StetsonHall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796242","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stetson_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900725"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/stetson-hall-11000883/"}