{"nrhp_refnum":"76000955","name":"Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Bedford St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lakeville","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":41.845885397000075,"lon":-70.95006780099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-10-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Lakeville Town Hall is a wood-frame Greek Revival temple-form meeting hall on the northwest corner of Bedford and Precinct Streets in Lakeville, Massachusetts, built in 1856. It measures 30 by 40 feet.","why_significant":"The building has been central to the political and social history of Lakeville. Annual town meetings were held there from 1856 to 1952, and it also housed the selectmen's offices and the town's first public library. Local residents continue to use it for civic purposes.","narrative":"Lakeville Town Hall, on the northwest corner of Bedford and Precinct Streets, is a small Greek Revival meeting hall built in 1856. The wood-frame building measures 30 feet wide and 40 feet long and follows a temple form, with white clapboard walls, pilaster-style cornerboards that carry the gable returns, and a simple entablature along the sides. The symmetrical facade has two doors with a window above each, all topped by cornice caps, and the original notice board still hangs between the doors. Inside are one large meeting room and an enclosed room above the entrance that held the first town offices. A false ceiling is the main change. From 1856 to 1952 the hall hosted Lakeville's annual town meetings, and it also housed the selectmen's offices and the town's first public library. After the town offices moved to a larger building in 1952, local organizations took over the hall, and residents have planned its restoration.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; used as a meeting hall for local organizations since the town offices moved out in 1952, with the town planning a restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.070774-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/7966/63796628/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000955.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000955/792729361c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000955/792729361c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lakeville_Old_Town_Hall.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lakeville_Old_Town_Hall.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796628","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Hall_(Lakeville,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7829958"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/town-hall-76000955/"}