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Abbot Hall (Marblehead, Massachusetts)
Abbot Hall is a town hall and historical museum located at 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts.〔(abbothall.org )〕 It is open year-round, though with restricted hours in the colder months.〔See Marblehead Museum () or the Friends of Abbot Hall () for details〕
In addition to serving as the seat of Marblehead’s town government, Abbot Hall contains the original of the widely reproduced ''Spirit of '76'' painting by Archibald MacNeal Willard,〔 the deed to Marblehead from the Nanapashemet tribe of Native Americans (dated 1684), a bust of native son and U.S. Vice-President Elbridge Gerry, a painting of Marbleheaders rowing Washington across the Delaware, a painting by primitivist J.O.J. Frost and a number of other historical artifacts. A plaque on display in the Selectmen's room, discovered in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, proclaims Marblehead to be the "Birthplace of the American Navy".〔USS Hannah -Wikipedia〕
==Clock==
The clock in the tower of Abbot Hall is a Howard #2S installed in 1877 and is governed by a pendulum escapement, driven by an weight.〔 The clangor escapement is governed by a flutter vane assembly and is powered by a weight.〔 The Bell was cast by Meneely & Kimberly in Troy, New York.〔(Bell Casting in Troy - A Family Affair, by Charles Skinner )〕 Every week the maintenance workers ascend the tower to wind the movements. There are many stories about the clock from local authors.〔(The Bell Of Abbot Hall ), Text and Photos by Bill Purdin〕
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