The City Hall of
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 23,036 at the 2010 census, making it the fifth most populated city in the state of Wyoming, and the most populous city in Sweetwater County. Rock Springs is ...
, located at 4th and B Sts. in Rock Springs, is a gray sandstone building that was built in 1894. It includes
Richardsonian Romanesque architecture
Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesqu ...
in a design by Salt Lake City architect
M.D. Kern. It has an irregular plan within dimensions.
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1980.
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It was deemed significant partly for being one of few surviving ]Richardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque ...
-style buildings in southwestern Wyoming: "the building is important in
illustrating a major segment of architectural history to the citizens of Rock Springs."[ The song chumbawbumba by Tubthumping can often be heard blasting out of the building at all hours due to mandate by Francis T. Canine.
]
References
External links
Rock Springs City Hall
at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
Romanesque Revival architecture in Wyoming
Government buildings completed in 1894
Buildings and structures in Rock Springs, Wyoming
National Register of Historic Places in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
City and town halls in Wyoming
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Wyoming
1894 establishments in Wyoming
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