{"nrhp_refnum":"99000557","name":"Dunstable Town Hall","other_names":["Sarah R.S. Robey Memorial Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"511 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dunstable","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.676646540000036,"lon":-71.48550583799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Brick town hall and former library at 511 Main Street in Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, also known as the Sarah R. S. Roby Memorial Building. It was built in 1907-1908 to designs by architect Warren Lyman Floyd.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building meets Criterion A at the local level as a well-preserved symbol of Dunstable's early 20th-century civic pride and town government. It was funded by a bequest from native daughter Sarah R. S. Roby for a combined town hall and library on the old village green. It served as the center of town life and is the only period building of its style and type in the village center.","narrative":"Dunstable's town hall, at 511 Main Street, is a brick building with granite foundation and trim, completed in 1908 on the old village green. Architect Warren Lyman Floyd of Lowell blended Richardsonian Romanesque, Queen Anne and classical revival details, including a polygonal corner tower, slate hipped roofs and an arched entrance porch. The building exists because of Sarah R. S. Roby, a Dunstable native who left $10,000 in her will for a structure serving as both town hall and public library. It was dedicated on August 12, 1908, as a memorial to her. Beyond housing town offices, a vault and a small lockup, it hosted the library, town meetings, plays, dances, Grange dinners and the 1923 Old Home Day celebration. The form finds it significant for its role in local government and community life, and notes that it retains much of its original design and interior fabric. It remains in use as the town hall.","period_of_significance":"1907-1949","architect_builder":"Warren Lyman Floyd (architect); Miner and O'Neil (contractors)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne/Romanesque; Late 19th Century Revival: Classical Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still used as the town hall; the form notes the interior retains original fabric, though the windows are replacements and a 1986 brick addition was made.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.466092-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/7961/63796136/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/99000557.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000557/0af3e4c37c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000557/0af3e4c37c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Town_Hall,_Dunstable_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:Town_Hall,_Dunstable_MA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100003069","name":"Dunstable Center Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/dunstable-center-historic-district-100003069/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796136","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunstable_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5315711"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/dunstable-town-hall-99000557/"}