The Old City Hall is an historic, American
city hall
In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...
that is located in
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Williamsport is a city in, and the county seat of, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It recorded a population of 27,754 at the 2020 Census. It is the principal city of the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a popula ...
.
It was added to 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 1976 as the Williamsport City Hall.
History and architectural features
Built in 1894, this historic structure is a four-story building that was made from yellow brick trimmed in stone, with molded brick ornamentation and
terra cotta
Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic where the fired body is porous.
In applied art, craft, construction, and architecture, terracotta ...
columns. It was designed in an eclectic
Late Victorian
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Romanesque Revival
Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...
style, and features a large rectangular tower and a smaller octagonal tower.
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The building was added to 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 1976 as the Williamsport City Hall.
See also
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United States Post Office (Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
Williamsport City Hall, formerly the United States Post Office, is a historic building located at 245 West 4th Street between Government Place and West Street in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1888 and 1891, and is a 2 1/2 to ...
– the current City Hall
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References
External links
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania, state=collapsed
Buildings and structures in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Romanesque Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
Former seats of local government
Government buildings completed in 1894
National Register of Historic Places in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
City and town halls in Pennsylvania