National Register Listing
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
Surry Town Hall
a.k.a. Surrey Town House; Union Meeting House; Town Hall; Old Town House
1217 Surry Rd., Surry, ME Local significance of the building: Politics/government
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
Maine was the first state to adopt Prohibition: Maine was the first state to adopt Prohibition in 1851, almost 70 years before the rest of the country followed suit. However, it was also one of the first states to repeal Prohibition, doing so in 1934.