Burrillville Town Building - Harrisville Historic District - Burrillville RI
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N 41° 57.985 W 071° 40.654
19T E 278124 N 4649515
The Town Hall is the first permanent, comprehensive seat of municipal government for Burrillville, replacing a series of improvised facilities .
Waymark Code: WM12QEG
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2020
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Burrillville Town Building (1933-34, 1974; Jackson, Robertson and Adams of Providence, original architect; the Providence Partnership, architects of additions and alterations ) : A handsome, 1-story, gable-roof structure executed in a new- Colonial style based on Georgian architecture of the mid- Atlantic region. Set in an acute angle at the intersection of Main and Chapel Streets, the building is in the form of a truncated "V" with a broad, shallow, end-gable pavilion projecting forward from the transverse portion of the main mass. The 3-bay pavilion facade has a segmental-arch, recessed central entrance flanked on each side by segmental blind arches containing windows. An oculus is set in the front gable above the main entrance. The long cornice line of the splayed wings is broken on the front by small cross gables, one on each wing, located near the junctures with the transverse portion of the building. The roof is topped with a central cupola. In 1974 the building was slightly enlarged at the rear and a connector was built between the northern wing and the former Ninth District Courthouse (see below). The Town Hall is the first permanent, comprehensive seat of municipal government for Burrillville, replacing a series of improvised facilities . It was constructed by Austin T. Levy as part of his plan for a unified group of civic structures in Harrisville, and donated to the town.
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