Dublin Town Hall | |
![]() Dublin Town Hall | |
Location | 1120 Main St. ( NH 101), Dublin, New Hampshire |
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Coordinates | 42°54′21″N 72°03′39″W / 42.90583°N 72.06083°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1883 |
Built by | G.B. Gilchrist |
Architect | Rotch & Tilden; John Lawrence Mauran |
Architectural style | Shingle style; Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 80000275 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 25, 1980 |
The Dublin Town Hall is the seat of municipal government of Dublin, New Hampshire, prominently located at 1120 Main Street ( New Hampshire Route 101) in the village center. Built in 1883 and redesigned in 1916, it is architecturally a prominent local example of Colonial Revival architecture with some Shingle style details. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
The Dublin Town Hall is located at the southwest corner of Dublin village's rotary-like junction of NH 101 (Main Street) and Church Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame building, with a clapboarded exterior and gabled roof. The building is approximately rectangular with the short side facing Main Street. This short (front) side has a Palladian second-floor window, and a number of columns in the first floor, fronting a recessed porch area. The main roof is a plain gable, except for two appendices in the middle of two longer sides, covering semi-octagonal bays. The side bays are the main remaining feature of the original 1883 building's Shingle style. The building originally had a church-like spire, [2] but this has been lost (see photos).
The building was constructed in 1883 to a design by Rotch & Tilden, architects from Boston, Massachusetts. It was redesigned in 1916 by John Lawrence Mauran to have a Colonial Revival appearance that harmonized better with the community church, located across Main Street. Alterations included changing the front facade to its present appearance, and addition of the Palladian window. [2]