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.]] Abbot Hall is a town hall and historical museum located at 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts . It is open year-round, though with restricted hours in the colder months. 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 American s (dated 1684), and a number of other historical artifacts. The clock in the tower of Abbot Hall is a Howard #2S installed in 1877 and is governed by a 10 foot pendulum escapement, driven by an 86lb weight. The clangor escapement is governed by a flutter vane assembly and as powered by a 292lb weight. The Bell was cast by Meneely & Kimberly in Troy NY. |
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