The town government floated around town for much of the 1800s. One town house burned; meetings were held in a store and on the porch of a church. In 1875 a long-term solution was finally reached with the construction of this red brick town hall. Its design drew heavily on the colonial Georgian style popular a century earlier. The bill for the building and the land came to $50,763. After selling off some town property the tab came to a bit over $35,000. Town offices, courts and a public library occupied the ground floor; upstairs the meeting hall provided space for lectures, recitals and the occasional poultry show.
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