MassachusettsThe Bourne Town Hall at 24 Perry Avenue in the village of Buzzards Bay is a two-story, hipped-roof Classical Revival brick main block flanked by one-story wings, with a rear ell that originally held an auditorium and balcony. Built in 1914 as Bourne's first town hall on vacant land south of Main Street, it shifted the town's civic center and has served in that role ever since; the flanking wings were added in matching Classical Revival style in 1937, and a cupola that once topped the main block was lost sometime after 1940. The building is significant under Criterion A for its association with the civic development and governance of Bourne, which had incorporated as a town in 1884. It is also significant under Criterion C as an exceptional local example of the Classical Revival style favored for early 20th-century town halls in the Cape Cod region.
Bourne Town Hall
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Bourne Town Hall is a landmark in Bourne, Barnstable County. It is one of 6,558 landmarks documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 41.7479, -70.6018 near Bourne. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bourne Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bourne Town Hall Garage, Bourne World War I Monument, and Bourne POW - MIA Monument.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Bourne Town Hall is a two-story Classical Revival brick building at 24 Perry Road in the Buzzards Bay section of Bourne, built in 1914 to a design by architect James Purdon. It was the town's first purpose-built town hall; single-story flanking wings were added in 1937 and the rear ell was raised to two stories in the 1970s. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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