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Houston City Hall. The architect of the City Hall was Joseph Finger, an Austrian-born Texan architect responsible for a number of Houston-area landmarks. [2] The exterior of the building features a sculpture by Herring Coe and Raoul Josset, and regional white, pock-market Texas limestone.
Austin formerly operated its City Hall at 124 West 8th Street. [3] In the 1980s, the City of Austin proposed a 60-acre urban renewal project for Austin's Warehouse District, [4] which would have included a new city hall complex designed by urban planner Denise Scott Brown, along with a new location for the Laguna Gloria art museum, designed by architect Robert Venturi. [5]
City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas (2 P) Pages in category "City halls in Texas" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The City purchased land for the fourth City Hall between 1911 and 1912 from Eliza Trice, Otto H. Lang and the Sweeney Family. Designed by C. D. Hill & Company in the Beaux-Arts style, plans were drawn up in 1913 and the Spring Fred A. Jones Building Company began construction.
Dallas City Hall is the seat of municipal government of the city of Dallas, Texas, United States. It is located at 1500 Marilla Street in the Government District of downtown Dallas . The current building, the city's fifth city hall, was completed in 1978 and replaced the Dallas Municipal Building .
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The city uses a council-manager government with Eric Johnson serving as mayor, [1] Kimberly Tolbert as city manager, [2] and 14 council members serving as representatives to the 14 council districts in the city. [3] [4] [5] This organizational structure was recently contested by some in favor of a strong-mayor city charter only to be rejected ...
The Oasis of West Texas [77] (The city is unusual in West Texas for having three rivers and three lakes.) Queen City of Central West Texas [76] Texas' biggest small town [78] Wool Capital [76] [77] or the Wool and Mohair Capital of the World [79] San Antonio. 210 [80] Alamo City [81] Countdown City [80] Spurs Nation; Deuce Dime [82] River City [83]