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Norwood Memorial Municipal Building

Massachusetts, US

Norwood Memorial Municipal Building

Norwood Memorial Municipal Building (Norwood Town Hall) is a historic building located in Norwood, Massachusetts, United States. The Late Gothic Revival building was dedicated November 11, 1928, and is made of Weymouth seamed-face granite. The building's construction was approved May 26, 1926 at a s

pecial town meeting when Norwood's citizens unanimously voted to appropriate $265,000. Inside the building are several brass plaques in remembrance of all veterans from Norwood. Visitors often mistake it for a church or believe it to have been a church, but it never was; its stained-glass windows depict not saints, but local patriot Aaron Guild. "Guild", whose name appears in local street and building names, is pronounced with a long i, like the second syllable of the word "beguiled". Guild's significance is explained by an inscription on the Aaron Guild Memorial Stone, dedicated in 1903, which stands outside the Norwood public library. The inscription reads: NEAR THIS SPOT CAPT. AARON GUILD ON APRIL 19, 1775 LEFT PLOW IN FURROW, OXEN STANDING AND DEPARTING FOR LEXINGTON ARRIVED IN TIME TO FIRE UPON THE RETREATING BRITISH. Guild and his oxen are featured in the town seal. The building includes...

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