Boylston Town Hall (1830)
The cornerstone of the old Town Hall of Boylston was laid on August 21, 1830 and the building was completed later that year. Construction of the granite ashlar building was made possible by donations from Ward Nicholas Boylston, a prominent Boston merchant who appreciated that the town had been named for his family in 1786. The first floor of the Town Hall housed a school room, while the upper floor contained a hall for public meetings. The building is now the museum of the Boylston Historical Society.
I will never forget the first grade in this building. Combined 1st and 2nd grade, Mrs Griggs taught 1st, Mrs Clark 2nd. The two best teachers ever! The lunch was trucked in from another location and was terrible and I still can’t look at tuna casserole today.