1866The town voted to build a new Town Hall.Arts and Culture, Government and Public Service, Location and Setting, Buildings & Architecture, City Government

City Hall, Gloucester, Mass., n.d., Postcard, Sawyer Free Library, NOBLE Digital Heritage Collection, https://digitalheritage.noblenet.org/s/gloucester/item/4491

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Somes’ field, the site of the present City Hall, was purchased for $8,000. The building was made of brick and red granite.

Pringle, James R. History of the Town and City of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Published by the City of Gloucester Archives Committee and the Ten Pound Island Book Co., 1997.

Other Events

1865
Frederick Douglass gave a lecture sponsored by the Lyceum entitled "The Assassination and its Lessons."
1866
The General Benjamin F. Butler House (also referred to as the Ames Estate), was built in Bay View.
1866
Cape Ann Anchor Works Company was formed.
1866
Immigration from the Canadian provinces began.

1866The town voted to build a new Town Hall.Arts and Culture, Government and Public Service, Location and Setting, Buildings & Architecture, City Government

Other Events

Frederick Douglass gave a lecture sponsored by the Lyceum entitled "The Assassination and its Lessons."

The General Benjamin F. Butler House (also referred to as the Ames Estate), was built in Bay View.

Cape Ann Anchor Works Company was formed.

Immigration from the Canadian provinces began.