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Although the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory was affected, the shockwaves did not reach to Boston. On August 15, 1908, Stoughton was hit by a moderate earthquake. Plans for use of the property are being developed by the Community Preservation Committee. In 2015, members of Town Meeting voted to purchase the train station from the state. The building still stood but remained closed to the public as of 2015. In 2009, however, the MBTA permanently closed the station, which stood at the terminus of the Stoughton Branch of the MBTA's Providence/Stoughton Line. Over one million dollars was raised to restore the station to its original luster in time for the 100th anniversary. In 1974 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The station is unique in another way as it was built out of stones from a West Street quarry that belonged to Stoughton resident Myron Gilbert.

Stoughton's train station was built in 1888, and is the only one in Massachusetts to house a clock tower. Most recently, Stoughton became the first municipality in Massachusetts to declare itself a 'No Place for Hate' town. The Save Our Stoughton campaign attracted national attention in the 1980s for their work picketing a local adult book store.

The artwork is currently on display in the attic at the Stoughton Historic Society. In 1940, artist Jean Watson painted the mural, A Massachusetts Countryside, as a project of the WPA.

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In 1986, the musical society celebrated its bicentennial with a series of concerts and special events. In 1893, this musical society distinguished itself by performing several concerts at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, heard by an audience of several thousand people. It has the oldest constitution of any musical society in the United States, written in 1787, only a few weeks after the United States Constitution. Founded in 1786 as The Stoughton Musical Society, it is now known as the Old Stoughton Musical Society. The oldest choral society in the United States is located in Stoughton. In 1874, the Stoughton Public Library was established. Originally an agricultural community, Stoughton developed into an important shoemaking center. Samuel Dunbar and Paul Revere the site was chosen by Samuel Adams and Dr. They are thought to be the basis for the Declaration of Independence. The Suffolk Resolves were written in Old Stoughton (current day Milton, Massachusetts) at Doty's Tavern. It was named after William Stoughton, who was the first chief justice of the Colonial Courts, and the most relentless and recalcitrant judge during Salem Witch Trials, who refused to acknowledge the trials were anything but successful and was infuriated when they were ended by Governor Phips.

At its founding, it included the current towns of Sharon (which separated in 1765), Canton (which separated in 1797) and Avon (which separated in 1888). Stoughton was settled in 1713, and officially incorporated in 1726 from the southwestern portion of the large town of Dorchester.

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