{"nrhp_refnum":"12001169","name":"Bourne Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"24 Perry Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bourne","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":41.75003188300008,"lon":-70.60116684399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Classical Revival brick town hall at 24 Perry Avenue in Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Massachusetts, built in 1914 to designs by Boston architect James Purdon, with 1937 wings and a 1999 interior renovation. The 4.09-acre site also holds monuments, a garage and a park.","why_significant":"The building is a well-preserved local example of a Classical Revival civic building and has served as Bourne's seat of government since 1914. It reflects the town's growth after its 1884 incorporation and the need for a dedicated meeting space. The site also holds Civil War and World War I memorials, and it has moderate to high potential for Native American and historic archaeological resources.","narrative":"Bourne Town Hall is a red brick civic building at 24 Perry Avenue in Buzzards Bay, beside Bourne Pond. Boston architect James Purdon designed it in the Classical Revival style, and it opened in 1914 after a town meeting approved a $25,000 loan in 1913. The two-story main block has a symmetrical five-bay facade, a denticulated wood cornice and recessed arched windows. One-story wings were added in 1937, and the rear ell gained a second story in the 1970s. The interior was renovated in 1999, though the entrance lobby keeps its historic paneling and beamed ceiling. The town built it because administrators had outgrown their offices in the library and large meeting spaces were lacking. The grounds hold a 1914 Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, a 1918 World War I boulder memorial, a wood-frame garage and a flagpole, which contribute to the property. The site may also contain Native American archaeological resources, and it remains Bourne's town hall.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"James Purdon (architect); Wing & Hendrick (1937 additions)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revival: Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as the town hall; the interior was renovated in 1999 and the original cupola was lost after 1940.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:10:51.53222-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/7940/63794078/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/12001169.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001169/eb69b8d7be-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001169/eb69b8d7be-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"T.S. Custadio aka ToddC4176 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bourne_MA_Town_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">T.S. Custadio aka ToddC4176 at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bourne_MA_Town_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794078","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourne_Town_Hall_(Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16845272"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/bourne-town-hall-12001169/"}