Uxbridge Town Hall
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Uxbridge Town Hall is on the list of buildings in the National Historic Registry.
Uxbridge is the heart of the historic Blackstone River Valley, New England's Historic National Park area. The Town Hall was built in the 1880s
and added to the historic registry 100 years later. An old burial ground had to be relocated to build the town hall. The town hall coninues to serve as the administrative Headquarters for the government of Uxbridge, Massachusetts
. In the 1930s its auditorium showed movies, and live bands played here for weekend entertainment.
Until recent times it also served as the police headquarters. The historic town of Uxbridge was first settled in 1662,
and claims America's first woman voter, Lydia Taft
, and the earliest beginnings of the American
Industrial Revolution
.
Uxbridge is the heart of the historic Blackstone River Valley, New England's Historic National Park area. The Town Hall was built in the 1880s
and added to the historic registry 100 years later. An old burial ground had to be relocated to build the town hall. The town hall coninues to serve as the administrative Headquarters for the government of Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It was first settled in 1662, incorporated in 1727 at Suffolk County, and named for the Earl of Uxbridge. Uxbridge is south-southeast of Worcester, north-northwest of Providence, and southwest of Boston. It is part of...
. In the 1930s its auditorium showed movies, and live bands played here for weekend entertainment.
Until recent times it also served as the police headquarters. The historic town of Uxbridge was first settled in 1662,
and claims America's first woman voter, Lydia Taft
Lydia Taft
Lydia Chapin was the first known legal woman voter in colonial America. This occurred in the New England town Town Meeting, at Uxbridge, MA Massachusetts Colony.-Early life:...
, and the earliest beginnings of the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times...
.