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{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Lothrop Memorial Building-G.A.R. Hall
| nrhp_type    =
| image        = Lothrop-GAR Hall Taunton.jpg
| caption      =
| location     = [[Taunton, Massachusetts]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|41|54|13|N|71|6|29|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = Massachusetts#USA
| area         =
| built        = 1888
| architect    =
| architecture = Queen Anne
| added        = July 05, 1984
| mpsub        = Taunton MRA
| refnum       = 84002168
<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Lothrop Memorial Building-G.A.R. Hall''' is an historic building located at 95 Washington Street in [[Taunton, Massachusetts]]. It was originally built in 1888 as the First Presbyterian Church, on land purchased from [[Marcus Morton]], and now houses professional offices.  It was for many years home to the '''William H. Bartlett GAR Post No. 3''' of the [[Grand Army of the Republic]], a veterans organization, which ran the building as a community center.  It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1984.<ref name="nris"/>
==Description and history==
Lothrop Hall is located at the northeast corner of Washington and Governor Streets, a short way north of the Taunton's center.  It is a two-story fieldstone building, adorned with a variety of [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne style]] elements, including a wood latticework screen, brackets and ornamental balustrade on top of its square tower, which projects from the right front of the west-facing front facade.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=tau.175|title=NRHP nomination and MACRIS inventory record for Lothrop Memorial Building-GAR Hall|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2015-06-10}}</ref>
The building was erected in 1888 by the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church, on land it had purchased from [[Marcus Morton (jurist)|Marcus Morton]], a prominent local jurist.  The church was dissolved in 1903 amid financial difficulties, and the building was sold to Cyrus Lothrop.<ref name=NRHP/>  He donated it to the Massachusetts Veterans of the [[Grand Army of the Republic]] (GAR), an organization of veterans of the [[American Civil War]].  It was one of 210 GAR posts in Massachusetts.<ref name=loc>[https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/gar/appendix/mass2.html Library of Congress list of GAR posts in Massachusetts]</ref>  The hall was used for many years as a site for social events and military remembrances.  After standing vacant for some years, it was rehabilitated in 1983 for use as professional offices.<ref name=NRHP/>
==See also==
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts]]
==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Taunton, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Grand Army of the Republic buildings and structures|Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Massachusetts in the American Civil War]]
[[Category:1888 establishments in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1888]]