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Read the images & view condition. Postcard was posted in 1926. From the web: The Worcester City Hall & Common, the civic heart of the city, are a historic city hall & town common at 455 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The city hall & common were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Common, established in 1669, originally encompassed about 20 acres (8.1 ha), compared to its present size of 4.4 acres (1.8 ha).[2] A meeting house used for both town meetings & religious functions was constructed on the Common in 1719, on the same site as the current City Hall. in 1763, the first meeting house was demolished & what became known as The Old South Meeting House was constructed on the site. It was here, on July 14, 1776, that Isaiah Thomas publicly read the Declaration of Independence for the first time in New England. PC08242021_0094 PC BOx 1926 City Hall - Main Street Scene Worcester, Massachusetts
