Norwood Memorial Municipal Building - Norwood, MA
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N 42° 11.701 W 071° 12.006
19T E 318345 N 4673772
This building, completed only nine years before the guide was published for Massachusetts, still stands and serves as the government center for the town of Norwood.
Waymark Code: WM7KQB
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2009
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In the town of Norwood, at the intersection of Washington and Nahatan Streets is the Norwood Memorial Municipal Building. This landmark is described in the American Guide Series for Massachusetts as follows:
The Norwood Memorial Municipal Building, an impressive structure of Gothic design. It has a 170-foot tower containing 52 bells. On the lawn is a German field-gun captured during the World War."
- American Guide Series: Massachusetts - A Guide to Its Places and People
The municipal building is still there and still used by the town as the government center of the town. The bell tower still has at least 50 bells and there are concerts in the summer featuring these bells.
The German gun is missing - only the base remains. A newspaper article in 2008 had reported that the gun was intended to be restored by the building's 80th anniversary but it would be delayed. One year later, it appears to be still being renovated. Of course, "the World War" refers to the first World War, since the book was published before the second World War.
Book: Massachusetts
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 426
Year Originally Published: 1937
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