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North Hampton Town Hall

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The structure was built in 1844 to serve the town's municipal needs, a function it continues to serve today. It was built about one-quarter mile (0.40 km) east of the previous meetinghouse, which served both civic and religious functions, and marked a shift in the civic center of the community
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to a point nearer the railroad, which passes north-south just east of the municipal complex. In addition to the bell, which originally hung in the town's second meetinghouse, the building includes timbers from meetinghouses built in 1734 and 1761.
242:. Built in 1844, it was the town's first purpose-built municipal building, and continues to be used as such. Its construction includes materials recovered from older dual-purpose religious and civic buildings, and its tower houses a 1303: 1323: 1280: 294: 270:). It is a single-story white clapboarded building with a two-stage tower, in which hangs an 1816 Revere bell. The tower's pyramidal roof and clock were added in 1920. The building corners have 1318: 281:. There is a single main entrance, placed at the center of the front facade, with sash windows on either side. Both the windows and entrance are trimmed by narrower Federal-style moulding. 428: 783: 1328: 1246: 657: 559: 421: 1218: 617: 590: 1308: 1284: 136: 778: 414: 833: 1313: 939: 843: 251: 43: 1231: 677: 554: 70: 959: 999: 95: 1144: 864: 522: 702: 497: 401: 737: 580: 531: 1075: 894: 838: 595: 1333: 600: 924: 904: 437: 406: 322: 247: 34: 1134: 773: 627: 606: 919: 585: 544: 277:, which rise to an entablature and a fully pedimented gable. At the center of the gable is a half-oval fanlight in the 869: 798: 441: 344: 803: 564: 647: 642: 622: 507: 1189: 763: 637: 879: 539: 477: 262:
The North Hampton Town Hall stands amid a cluster of civic buildings on the north side of Atlantic Avenue (
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NH State Register of Historic Places

North Hampton Town Hall is located in New Hampshire
North Hampton Town Hall is located in the United States
North Hampton, New Hampshire
42°58′24″N 70°49′46″W / 42.97333°N 70.82944°W / 42.97333; -70.82944
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North Hampton, New Hampshire
Revere bell
National Register of Historic Places
New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places
New Hampshire Route 111
U.S. Route 1
Greek Revival
pilasters
Federal style
National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places"


"NRHP nomination for North Hampton Town Hall"

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