1917City Hall was renovated.Arts and Culture, Government and Public Service, Location and Setting, Buildings & Architecture, City Government

City Hall, n.d. Courtesy of Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 13185

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Electric lights and metal ceilings were installed.

Gloucester Daily Times. “City Hall Will Be Fixed Up Pretty.” March 24, 1917. https://sawyer.advantage-preservation.com/.

Other Events

1917
North Shore Theatre opened at 281 Main Street.
1917
The Fishermen's Union of the North Atlantic went on strike.
1917
The United States declared war on the German government, ending its neutral stance and formally joining World War I.
1917
James R. Pringle, the local historian, went into naval service as a correspondent for the Boston Globe newspaper.

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