Oshtemo Town Hall

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Oshtemo Town Hall
The Oshtemo Town Hall.jpg
Location10 S. Eighth St., Oshtemo Charter Township, Michigan
Coordinates42°17′19″N 85°41′15″W / 42.28861°N 85.68750°W / 42.28861; -85.68750 (Oshtemo Town Hall)Coordinates: 42°17′19″N 85°41′15″W / 42.28861°N 85.68750°W / 42.28861; -85.68750 (Oshtemo Town Hall)
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1877 (1877)
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.04000459[1]
Added to NRHPMay 19, 2004

The Oshtemo Town Hall is a governmental building located at 10 South Eighth Street in Oshtemo Charter Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

History[]

European settlers first came to Oshtemo Charter Township in 1830. The township itself was organized in 1839, with the first township meeting taking place in a church that year. The area was primarily agricultural, and population grew slowly. By 1870, there were about 2000 people in the township, a figure which was not substantially increased until after World War II. In 1877, the township purchased a half-acre of land near the geographic center, and constructed this town hall to house its governmental operations. The hall also served as a community gathering place, hosting local activities such as Sunday school classes, theatrical productions, and community dances. The township used the hall until 1968, when a replacement building was erected.[2]

Description[]

The Oshtemo Town Hall is a rectangular wood building measuring twenty-four feet wide by forty feet deep. The building is clad with white-painted Dutch lap siding and sits on a rubble stone foundation. It has a front-gabled roof of moderately steep pitch. The front of the building holds a central door covered with a shed-roof overhang and flanked by a pair of nine over nine double-hung, wood sash windows, measuring about eight feet tall and two and one-half feet wide. Each side wall contains three identical windows spaced equally along the wall. Two additional fixed six-paned sash windows are located about four feet above the foundation on one side.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Pamela Hall O'Connor (November 30, 2003), National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oshtemo Town Hall, National Park Service
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