Abbot Hall (Marblehead, Massachusetts)
- Abbot Hall (Marblehead, Massachusetts)
Infobox_nrhp | name =Abbot Hall
nrhp_type =
caption =Abbot Hall, Marblehead, Massachusetts.
location= Marblehead, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 42 | lat_minutes = 30 | lat_seconds = 8.94 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 70 | long_minutes = 51 | long_seconds = 10.04 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1876
architect= Fuller & Lord
architecture= Other, Romanesque
added = September 06, 1974
governing_body = Local
refnum=74000374 [cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2006-03-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
Abbot Hall is a town hall and historical museum located at 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts.[ [http://www.abbothall.org/ abbothall.org] ] It is open year-round, though with restricted hours in the colder months. [See Marblehead Museum [http://www.marbleheadmuseum.org/] or the Friends of Abbot Hall [http://abbothall.org/] for details] ]In addition to serving as the seat of Marblehead’s town government, Abbot Hall contains the original of the widely-reproduced "Spirit of '76" painting by Archibald MacNeal Willard,
Clock
The clock in the tower of Abbot Hall is a Howard #2S installed in 1877 and is governed by a convert|10|ft|m|abbr=on pendulum escapement, driven by an convert|86|lb|kg|abbr=on weight.
References
External links
* [http://abbothall.org/ Abbot Hall website]
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