Structures of the type City Hall
Bay City City Hall, Bay City Michigan
Date added:April 29, 2011
In 1889, during a booming period of growth and expansion, the citizens of Bay City found that their City facilities were antiquated, cramped and insufficient to serve the needs of a then very quickly growing community. In 1860, the population of Bay City had been only 800. By 1889, the population was over 35,000, Thus the new city needed new facilities. It was planned to build a new building which would serve a combination of purposes. It would be a city hall, a police station and a public library.
On April the 1st of 1889, a public vote approved the selling of $40,000 in City Bonds to cover construction of the new facility. Originally there was a squabble over the site to be selected. In addition to the site which finally won out, other sites under consideration included the corner of Center and Jefferson, which is now Battery Park, and the block of Washington between Fourth and Fifth Streets. There were bitter fights over this, including at least one veto by one of Bay City's mayors. However, the site was finally selected and purchased for $8,500.00.
More...City and County Building, Civic Center, Denver Colorado
Date added:January 21, 2010
This outstanding building is located, in Denver's nationally renowned Civic Center, between West Coifax Avenue on the north and Fourteenth Avenue on the south. Cherokee Street runs on the west and Bannock Street on the east. It faces east on the main axes of the Denver Civic Center looking toward the State Capitol of Colorado which, in turn, faces west.
The City and County of Denver signed the Architectural Contract with the Allied Architects Association of Denver on December 3, 1924. The preliminary building drawings and their relationship to the Civic Center received Denver Council and the Mayor's approval on June 30, 1925. The estimated cost had been set at $5,000,000.00. Bids were first received on October 29, 1926 for a total of some $4,303,955,00, but these bids were finally rejected because of Bid Bond problems. (Note--The site for the building, a whole city block, had been purchased in 1911 for $1,800,000.00 and the buildings on the site later razed.) A second Bid Opening after certain revisions in the Building Documents brought only two bidders. These too were rejected for a lack of sufficient number of Bidders. Much "water was passing under the bridge", so to speak, in 1927 and 1928. Finally on December 31, 1928 bids were again received and on March 12, 1929, the Contracts were awarded and signed in the amount of $4,730,547.00. The official Ground Breaking Ceremony took place on March 26, 1929 with Mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton turning the first shovel of dirt. A "Great Day" was had by all. The actual excavation started on April 6, 1929.
More...City Hall, Atlantic City New Jersey
Date added:November 04, 2009
Unfortunately I have very limited information for this building. It was constructed in 1901 and demolished in 1969. It was 125 feet by 123 feet, four stories tall with a three-stage square central clock tower. It was built with brick with terra cotta decorations.
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City Hall, Duluth Minnesota
City Hall, Milwaukee Wisconsin
Littleton Town Hall (Littleton Center for Cultural Arts), Littleton Colorado
Municipal Building (City Hall/Court House), Minneapolis Minnesota
New Haven City Hall and Courthouse, New Haven Connecticut
Old State House, Hartford Connecticut
St. Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse, St. Paul Minnesota
Town Hall, Ashfield Massachusetts