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Seagraves grew rapidly as a town, and in 1928, suffered a fire that burned a major portion of the business section. The only building left standing on the west side of Main Street was the Seagraves Motor Company, which led to the rebuilding of modern brick buildings, many of which remain today. [5]
A Methodist church later needed a facility and the two congregations used the building on a rotating basis. [3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 2002. [4] It ceased serving as the city hall in 2007 and since then has been an activity center for seniors and the community.
The Houston City Hall building is the headquarters of the City of Houston's municipal government. Constructed during 1938 and 1939, the City Hall complex is located on Bagby Street on the western side of Downtown Houston .
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.
The district is also the site of the headquarters of the Cleveland Division of Police, the historic Standard Building is located across St. Clair Avenue from the CPD HQ, the tallest hotel in the state of Ohio, the 374 foot Hilton Cleveland Downtown Hotel, [5] the new Cleveland Global Center for Health Innovation which is the home to the largest ...
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 .
Pittsburgh Pirates great and future Hall of Famer Honus Wagner helped promote the 1922 film In the Name of the Law by catching baseballs thrown off the roof of City Hall. [23] [24] Mayor Magee and the City Hall were featured in 1924's Fording the Lincoln Highway. [25] 1992's Lorenzo's Oil used the building to shoot scenes depicting Johns ...
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]