{"nrhp_refnum":"83000597","name":"Memorial Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"22 South St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Foxboro","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.06392783900003,"lon":-71.24993950099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Memorial Hall is a small commemorative building at 22 South Street, opposite the Town Common in Foxboro Center, Massachusetts, built in 1868 in the High Victorian Gothic style of granite rubble on a half-acre lot that also holds an early burial ground.","why_significant":"It was erected as a monument to Union soldiers who died in the Civil War and to all citizens who helped preserve the Union. It later served as the town library and museum. It is also an exceptionally fine and well-preserved example of Gothic Revival design in a town with little high-style architecture.","narrative":"Memorial Hall is a small granite building on South Street in Foxboro Center, facing the Town Common. Completed in 1868, it is one and one-half stories tall, with an octagonal plan formed by a cruciform core and four gabled wings. A slate roof carries a low cupola topped by a 10-foot wooden figure of a Union soldier, replicated in 1962. Inside, stained glass windows, including one titled \"Liberty\", and chestnut paneling surround a domed central hall. The hall was built as a monument to Union soldiers who died in the Civil War and to citizens who helped preserve the Union. Nehemiah Carpenter donated the land, and E. P. Carpenter chaired the building committee. It housed the town library from 1872 until 1968 and now serves as the town museum. Its design is noted as an unusually fine Gothic Revival work in a town with few high-style buildings. A small early burial ground shares the lot.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"J. Stevens (architect, most likely John Stevens of Boston); stone cutter A. K. Lilley of Providence; carpentry by Abner Fales of Foxboro","architectural_style":"High Victorian Gothic (Gothic Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition; operated as the town museum by the Foxboro Historical Commission since 1968.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.415151-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7963/63796370/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000597.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000597/10adf3684c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000597/10adf3684c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foxborough_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foxborough_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796370","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Hall_(Foxborough,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6815426"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/memorial-hall-83000597/"}