http://www.mysouthborough.com/2009/12/04/southborough%e2%80%99s-historic-places-the-town-house/ News and events in Southborough, MA Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:19:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.mysouthborough.com/2009/12/04/southborough%e2%80%99s-historic-places-the-town-house/comment-page-1/#comment-11466 Donna McDaniel Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:23:46 +0000 http://www.mysouthborough.com/?p=12874#comment-11466 A couple of notes about the Town House and its uses and history. There are a number of residents who remember basketball games and plays in the upper hall. They are among people I'm interviewing for an oral history to be published in 2010 by the Historical Society. I remember election nights in the middle 1970s when the votes were still counted by hand in the upper hall with electric lights strung across the hall to give enough light to see. One Democratic Primary with at least six candidates (I think when Congressman Harold Donohue decided not to run) held the workers there counting until 6 a.m., as I, a dutiful reporter for the Middlesex News, stayed with them, awaiting the results. After the typical multi-year debate at Town Meetings, in 1978 the Town House underwent a major renovation to its present configuration with the new entrance and elevator on the parking lot side, smaller offices opened up on the first floor, and the main meeting room on the second floor (no more third floor/balcony). Town offices were moved temporarily to other building---Selectmen's meetings, including my first one after being elected, were held in the upper Fayville Hall for several months. . A couple of notes about the Town House and its uses and history.
There are a number of residents who remember basketball games and plays in the upper hall. They are among people I’m interviewing for an oral history to be published in 2010 by the Historical Society. I remember election nights in the middle 1970s when the votes were still counted by hand in the upper hall with electric lights strung across the hall to give enough light to see. One Democratic Primary with at least six candidates (I think when Congressman Harold Donohue decided not to run) held the workers there counting until 6 a.m., as I, a dutiful reporter for the Middlesex News, stayed with them, awaiting the results.
After the typical multi-year debate at Town Meetings, in 1978 the Town House underwent a major renovation to its present configuration with the new entrance and elevator on the parking lot side, smaller offices opened up on the first floor, and the main meeting room on the second floor (no more third floor/balcony). Town offices were moved temporarily to other building—Selectmen’s meetings, including my first one after being elected, were held in the upper Fayville Hall for several months.
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