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The Town of Marblehead has the unique distinction of having an official town anthem "Marblehead Forever". It is performed at most major town events and commemorations. It was written by the Reverend Marcia Martin Selman to the music of the hymn tune "The Lily of the Valley", from a melody by J. R. Murray, "Songs of Rejoicing", 1888. [36]
The Old Town House is in the heart of the Marblehead Historic District at One Market Square in Marblehead, Massachusetts, at the intersection of Washington, State, and Mugford Streets. The town house was constructed in 1727 and was a replacement for the Old Meeting House on Franklin Street. The upper level of the building served as a town hall ...
Abbot Hall is a town hall and historical museum located at 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts. [2] It is open year-round, though with restricted hours in the colder months. [ 3 ] Constructed in 1876 and designed in the Romanesque style by Lord & Fuller architects, the Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a ...
The National Register nomination notes that "the extraordinarily well preserved historic character of the Marblehead Historic District can be attributed to a number of factors: a deep sense of history and pride in the community; hilly terrain and historical building patterns which discourage a major thoroughfare; vigilant fire protection; and ...
The first meeting house in Marblehead was constructed on what is today Old Burial Hill in 1638. [5] Serving the dual purpose of the town church and meeting house for town government affairs, which was typical during the time period. It was determined for unknown reasons, that a new meeting house was needed by the 1690s.
In 1872 Benjamin Abbot [4] left $103,000 to the town of Marblehead and Abbot Hall was built in 1877 which included a reading room and library. [5] Oversight of the library was given to a board of trustees elected by the town. Books were first loaned in the spring of 1878. Mary G. Brown was the first librarian. [6]
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