The oldest section of this building was constructed by Edward Harris in 1856 and was known as the Harris Block. Built in the Italiante style, it was Woonsocket’s first major commercial building and the first public library in Rhode Island. Abraham Lincoln spoke in the building’s Harris Hall in 1860. In 1889, a rugged, granite clad addition in the Richardson Romanesque style was added. The building became Woonsocket’s City Hall in 1902.
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