{"nrhp_refnum":"96001086","name":"Norwood Memorial Municipal Building","other_names":["Norwood Town Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"566 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Norwood","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.194852414000025,"lon":-71.19996243099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-10-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art","Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A town hall and war memorial complex at 566 Washington Street in Norwood, Massachusetts, built 1927-1928 to designs by local architect William G. Upham. The property also holds a c. 1880s stucco lock-up and a World War I German cannon.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a memorial to Norwood citizens who died in war and a key part of George Willett's plan to remake the town center. It is also a notable Late Gothic and Jacobethan Revival work by Upham, with sculpture by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, murals by Jean Jacques Hafner, grounds by Arthur Shurcliff and an early carillon. The lock-up is cited as a rare Victorian-era jail.","narrative":"Norwood's municipal building, completed in 1928, combines a town hall, a memorial hall for citizens who died in World War I, and a 110-foot tower in a single L-shaped granite structure. Local architect William G. Upham designed it in a Late Gothic and Tudor Revival manner, using dressed Massachusetts granite, Indiana limestone trim and a slate roof. The tower holds a 50-bell carillon, and the memorial foyer carries tablets naming residents who died in wars from the Revolution onward. Sculptor Cyrus Edwin Dallin contributed stone figures at the north window, and Jean Jacques Hafner painted murals in the hall and stair hall. The building grew from George Willett's plan to reshape the town center, with grounds by landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff. Two other resources share the lot: a small stucco jail built in the late 19th century and used until 1964, and a Krupp-made German cannon given by the American Legion. The property was recognized for its local historical and architectural importance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William G. Upham (architect)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival; Jacobethan (Late Gothic Revival and Tudor Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as town government offices and meeting hall; the lock-up has been adapted as a town garage and storage facility.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.832709-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/7962/63796222/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/96001086.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001086/1a5944b410-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001086/1a5944b410-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norwood_Memorial_Municipal_Building,_Norwood_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norwood_Memorial_Municipal_Building,_Norwood_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796222","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwood_Memorial_Municipal_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7061632"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/norwood-memorial-municipal-building-96001086/"}