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Over the years, Old Town Hall in Walpole has played many roles

1881

Year built. Designed
in Queen Anne style
by architect J. Williams Beal of Boston.

$29,322.65

Construction cost

$874

Cost of clock tower and bell. The clock still works and is wound by hand weekly. The bell disappeared, probably in the 1950s.

SOURCES: Walpole Historical Commission, Municipal Facilities Master Planning Study