Memorial Hall is a historic

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hall at 22 South Street in Foxborough,

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. It is a single-story granite

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structure, octagonal in shape, with four projecting wings and a turret capped by a statue of a Union Army soldier (carved in wood by noted sculptor by

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). The hall was built in 1868, and for many years housed Foxborough's public library. The building was listed on the

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in 1983. The Grand Army of the Republic Hall in

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is very closely based on this structure.

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Buildings and structures completed in 1868 Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Foxborough, Massachusetts

National Register of Historic Places in Norfolk County, Massachusetts 1968 establishments in Massachusetts Union (American Civil War) monuments and memorials in Massachusetts {{NorfolkCountyMA-NRHP-stub

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