{"nrhp_refnum":"77000200","name":"Milford Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"52 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milford","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.142496409000046,"lon":-71.51663931799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Milford Town Hall is a two-story wood-frame civic building at 52 Main Street in downtown Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, designed by Thomas W. Silloway and built between 1853 and 1858.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a landmark for its Renaissance Revival architecture and for its long role as the meeting place of Milford's local government, about 125 years. It is also unusual among the town's public buildings for being built of wood rather than the local pink granite.","narrative":"Milford Town Hall occupies a small plot in the center of the Main Street business district in downtown Milford, Massachusetts. Designed by Thomas W. Silloway and built between 1853 and 1858, it is a two-story wooden building on a brick foundation, finished in white clapboards. Pilasters, a modillioned cornice, triglyph-and-patera frieze, a Palladian window in the gable and an ornate cupola nearly 50 feet tall give it a rich Renaissance Revival character. A cross-axial rear section was added in 1900 as the town grew. Inside, the basement holds jail cells, the ground floor holds town offices, and the main floor has a large meeting room with a stage and balconies. The building replaced an older Town House and originally housed a market in its basement. It was listed for its architecture and its long service as the meeting place for local government. Its wooden construction sets it apart from the town's other public buildings, which are made of Milford's pink granite.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Thomas W. Silloway","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still serving as town hall: the basement holds jail cells, the ground floor holds town offices, and the main floor has a large meeting room with stage and balconies.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.795043-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/7974/63797466/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/77000200.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000200/3bf5f3c183-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000200/3bf5f3c183-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milford_Mass_Town_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milford_Mass_Town_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797466","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6851759"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/milford-town-hall-77000200/"}