The Town Square / City Hall Site

Side A: The Town Square

Only Broadway and Main were named on the original 1802 map of Lebanon. Broadway was 1 1/2 times wider so stagecoaches could turn around. The four lots at the intersection were set aside as the town ...

Old City Hall

Now known as Council Hall

Constructed in 1864-65 at 120 East 1st South, this red sandstone building served for nearly 30 years, 1866-1894, as the seat of government. Here the Territorial Legislature met and passed laws establishing free public schools, made ...

City Hall & Old Capitol

The Macon City Hall, built in 1837 for the Monroe Railroad & Banking Co. and since remodeled, served from Nov. 18, 1864 till March 11, 1865 as temporary Capitol of Ga. Here Gov. Brown had his office and convened the ...

Orignal City Hall

Cherryville, N.C.

First used as city hall in 1892

Built by M.L. Rudisill, Mayor at that time

Prior to 1892, the city council met in store buildings or in homes of members.

The town paid $15.00 per year rent until the building was donated ...

City Hall to U.S.Capitol / Money Men / Nassau Changes Scale

City Hall

New York’s second City Hall was completed 1700, using stones salvaged from the just-demolished wall after which Wall Street is named. Abraham De Peyster donated the site to the city, enhancing the value of his other lots along Wall ...

City Hall Annex

Jamers W. Plachek, Architect

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 1984

Constructed in 1925 when Berkeley’s population was growing rapidly, this building accommodated a variety of civic services next to City Hall. The Department of Milk Inspection, which assured the purity of milk ...

Stadt Huys (City Hall)

Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam & Old New York

STADT HUYS (CITY HALL)

Location: Broad Street & Coenties Alley

Dutch Name: Langs Straet (Along the Shore)

New York’s first city government began meeting across the street in 1653, after the Dutch West India ...

Savannah City Hall

City Hall is the first building constructed by the citizens of Savannah expressly and exclusively to serve as the seat of municipal government. Opened on January 2, 1906 it has served continuously in this role since that date. City Hall ...

First City Hall and Fire House

completed July 31, 1934

The building cost $15,000 and took 5 months to complete. "For the first time in Greenville's 119 years of history in which great progress was made in every other direction, the city really had its own building ...

First City Hall and Jail

In its early days, La Porte had little need for a city hall or jail. City Council meetings were held in various vacant buildings around town and the few lawbreakers were placed either in an old abandoned ice house or ...