New York City Hall

9 total, Show more

Description

Aaron Burr promised Latrobe he would win the competition to design NY City Hall in 1802. But, Joseph Francois Magnin & John McComb Jr won the $350 prize, becoming the oldest continuously occupied City Hall in America since completed in 1811.

French Renaissance plus Federal equals this massive administrative and legislative structure. It houses the City Council and the Mayor's Office, with New York's first and most beautiful (now former) subway station buried right beneath it.

Constructed, 1811

Renovation, 1860

Renovation, 1898

Renovation, 1903

Renovation, 1907

Renovation, 1915

Renovation, 1917

Renovation, 1956

Renovation, 1998

Designations

4 total, Show more

New York City Exterior Landmark in Feb 1, 1966

National Historic Landmark in Dec 19, 1960

National Register of Historic Places in Oct 15, 1966

Factoids

6 total, Show more

Jan 1, 1990 -David Dinkins sworn in as 1st African American mayor of New York City.

1760-The city enacts it’s first laws requiring the examination and licensing of medical practitioners. ^[1]

Aug, 1866 -17th president Andrew Johnson, visited City Hall.

Related People & Organizations

Philip Hone,Philip Hone, who served as Mayor of New York City from 1826 to 1827, acted as a key cultural ambassador by commissioning artwork to decorate City Hall.

Related Sites

5 total, Show more

Justice

Federal Hall National Memorial

City Hall Park

Related Playlist

Walking the Streets of New Amsterdam Compilation

current

30 Results,Show less

current Images

30 Images,Show less

West over City Hall and Home Insurance Building, across the Hudson to New Jersey, from World Building, 1902

City Hall as viewed from Park Row

City Hall front facade facing City Hall Park

As viewed from Park Row

The Justice statue above the Rotunda

City Hall Rotunda ceiling

New York City Hall Plaque, located on Broadway

New York City Hall plaque, located on the City Hall Park Path

1917 - Renovation

3 Results,Show less

1917 - Renovation - Images

3 Images,Show less

Stairway and rotunda, 1938

N.Y. City Hall Rotunda, 1939

1907 - Renovation

3 Results,Show less

1907 - Renovation - Images

3 Images,Show less

City Hall and vicinity, 1909

Manhattan Cable cars station which ran across the Brooklyn bridge, 1911.

No perimeter around the building in 1913

1903 - Renovation

2 Results,Show less

1903 - Renovation - Images

2 Images,Show less

City Hall and Broadway buildings, 1903

City Hall, County Court House and City Hall Park; City Hall, City Hall Park and Broadway, 1905

1898 - Renovation

3 Results,Show less

1898 - Renovation - Images

2 Images,Show less

The Governor's Room, New York City Hall, as restored in 1895

Celebration at the City Hall Park, Park Row & Frankfort Street,1901

1898 - Renovation - Drawings and documents

1 Document,Show less

The City Hall, New York City, 1900

1860 - Renovation

4 Results,Show less

1860 - Renovation - Images

1 Image,Show less

Rotunda, New York City Hall, 1860

1860 - Renovation - Drawings and documents

3 Documents,Show less

Gen. Butler's speech for Horace Greeley in NewYork, 1866, City Hall Square

Chamber of the Board of Councilmen, 1868

City Hall, Wall Street, Plan of City Hall, 1887

1811 - Constructed

3 Results,Show less

1811 - Constructed - Drawings and documents

3 Documents,Show less

1858

View of City Hall, Sept. 1st 1858

1831

1802

City Hall front elevation

Phone App
Membership
Add Content
FAQ
Help
Contact Us

Newsletter Sign Up

37-24, 24th St, Suite 102, Long Island City, NY 11101