Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2107
As Dorchester’s population increased in the southern portion of the town, the Selectmen recognized that it would be convenient for more people if the center of government were more centrally located. The town erected a new meeting place in 1816 at Bakers Corner, now Codman Square, also referred to as Dorchester Center. The new Town Hall was a brick one-story structure with a Greek Revival portico. The hall had six long rows of wooden benches, three on each side with a moderator’s desk at one end and a clock donated by Colonel Ebenezer Clapp.
The building was replaced in 1904 by the municipal building that housed the library and is now called the Great Hall.
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