New Salem Town Hall

New Salem Town Hall New Salem Town Hall and Auditorium in New Salem, Massachusetts Moore. The will of Lyman E. This is not an official Town of New Salem page.

The New Salem Town Hall was built in 1937-1939 as a Works Progress Administration project with a matching grant from the Millington Village Improvement Society. The money for the match came from the sale of Moore Hall in the lost New Salem village of Millington, when it was bought by the Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission as one of properties taken for the creation of the Quabbin Reser

voir. After a decision in Massachusetts Superior Court, the money from the sale of Moore Hall was allowed to be used for the construction of the Town Hall, provided it include a public hall, according to the provisions of the will of Lyman E. Moore of Millington bequeathed money for the construction of a public hall for all residents of Millington and the town of New Salem, to be used without cost to residents, to be maintained and kept well-insured. Moore Hall and the Town Hall Auditorium have been New Salem's only year round public halls for social, recreational, cultural, educational, and commercial events in New Salem. These uses were essential factors in New Salem's growth and development, allowing residents to form meaningful community connections, and to engage in and raise money for all kinds of projects and programs. This page is meant to be both a celebration of the New Salem Town Hall history and as a forum for discussion about its present day development.

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The New Salem Town Hall Building Committee consisted of Harry M. Hackett, Harry W. Fay, Ralph E. Longueil, William H. Re...
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The New Salem Town Hall Building Committee consisted of Harry M. Hackett, Harry W. Fay, Ralph E. Longueil, William H. Reddy, Earle R. Whitaker, Mrs. Bertha W. Stowell, and Mrs. Edith A. Murdock. William H. Reddy broke ground on September 25, 1936. Construction began on May 10, 1937, and the building was completed in time for the annual town meeting of Feb 6, 1939.

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New Salem, Massachusetts June 12-1936

I herby certify that the following vote was passed at the annual town meeting held Feb. 3-1936. Article II. Voted a committee of seven consisting of the Selectmen and two male and two female voters, same to be appointed by the moderator, be authorized to construct and furnish a Town Hall for municipal purposes...Voted that the Town construct at New Salem Center a town hall for municipal purposes, which said building shall contain a suitable public hall for the use of all residents of New Salem, and that the sum of $7955.79 dollars with accumulated interest thereon, be appropriated from the funds received from the Millington Village Improvement Society under the terms of the decree of the Superior Court for the County of Franklin in equity in the case of the Millington Village Improvement Society vs the Attorney General No 7537, for the construction and, or furnishing of said building, the proportion of said amount hereby appropriated to be used for construction and the proportion to be used for furnishing, to be determined in the discussions of the above committee, and that the construction and furnishing of said Town Hall be under the supervision of said committee who are hereby empowered to enter into such contracts and [can’t read two words] and other acts on behalf of the town as shall be necessary in order to carry out the terms of this vote.

Ralph E. Stowell, Town Clerk
A true copy. Attest.”

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