{"nrhp_refnum":"97000438","name":"Grand Army of the Republic Hall","other_names":["Hartsuff, Gen. George L., Post No. 74"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"34 School St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rockland","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":42.12685815300006,"lon":-70.91390774799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-05-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story wood-framed Queen Anne style social hall at 34 School Street, Rockland, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, designed and built in 1899 by local builder William Harrison Hebberd for the General George L. Hartsuff Post #74 of the Grand Army of the Republic.","why_significant":"The hall is tied to Civil War veterans' fraternal life in Rockland, a shoe-manufacturing town whose factories supplied footwear to the Union army. It was funded by local donors and the Women's Relief Corps for Post #74. It also retains original Queen Anne exterior and interior features, including donated stained glass windows.","narrative":"Built in 1899 at the corner of School and Blanchard Streets in Rockland, Massachusetts, this wood-framed Queen Anne hall served as the home of General George L. Hartsuff Post #74 of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Civil War veterans' organization. Local builder William Harrison Hebberd designed and constructed it with a granite foundation, clapboard siding, a steep hipped roof and a columned entrance porch. Inside, a second-floor meeting hall with a stage is lit by stained glass windows donated by community groups, military companies and individuals, each bearing a unique patriotic design and the names of donors. Rockland's shoe factories supplied footwear for much of the Union army, and shoe-industry wealth helped pay for the hall. The Women's Relief Corps organized the effort to build a permanent home for the post after years of meeting in rented rooms. Two Civil War cannons flank the front walk. The building has changed little since construction.","period_of_significance":"1899 - 1946","architect_builder":"Hebberd, William Harrison","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as little altered since 1899 but in slow decline over the prior ten years, needing maintenance and modest repair; windows covered with wire mesh and some with plywood. Still used for meetings and gatherings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.952396-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/7966/63796642/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/97000438.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000438/446f72a19e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000438/446f72a19e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Hall,_Rockland_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:Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Hall,_Rockland_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796642","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Hall_(Rockland,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5594260"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/grand-army-of-the-republic-hall-97000438/"}