Aaron Guild School Norwood Mass, 1975 (Colorized by the Norwood Historical Society)
Aaron Guild School, 1975 (Colorized by the Norwood Historical Society)

The Norwood Town Meeting voted 84-48 last night to appropriate $180,000 to move the Norwood Civic Center to the site of the old Aaron Guild School on Washington Street across from the civic center’s present location. The center was sold to the Norwood Hospital, Its neighbor, on April 10 for $2,075,000.

The meeting also voted to build a 25-meter swimming pool, a basketball court, a senior citizens drop-in center, an auxiliary gymnasium, a social hall, a game room, a dark room, a club room, four lighted tennis courts, a tennis bang board, a photography dark room and recreation department offices in the old school.

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