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Cincinnati City Hall

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1382: 925: 57: 932: 215:"Cincinnati's City Hall represents the prevailing architectural tastes at the time of its construction and the influence of H. H. Richardson on its designer, Samuel Hannaford. Richardson's winning design for the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce building was executed in the 1880s; however, the building's demolition in 1911 left City Hall the best remaining example of 418: 1488: 992: 894: 869: 759: 549: 774: 679: 589: 554: 529: 494: 904: 879: 864: 834: 824: 799: 789: 724: 694: 654: 644: 629: 624: 599: 579: 574: 564: 559: 539: 504: 450: 914: 809: 719: 699: 674: 659: 634: 594: 544: 524: 509: 489: 889: 884: 859: 849: 844: 839: 819: 814: 784: 769: 764: 754: 744: 734: 729: 709: 664: 639: 619: 614: 609: 604: 519: 499: 987: 899: 874: 854: 794: 779: 749: 739: 714: 704: 669: 649: 569: 534: 514: 484: 479: 909: 829: 804: 689: 684: 584: 206:
The first city hall was built on this site in 1852 and was demolished in 1888 to make way for the current structure. Construction costs for the building totaled $ 1.61 million of which $ 54,000 was paid to
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in Cincinnati. Samuel Hannaford practiced from 1858 until 1897 and made a significant contribution to the architectural heritage of the Cincinnati area."
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originated in Italy and Tennessee, while granite columns were obtained from Vermont. Stained glass windows were installed which depict
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makes the building appear even larger than it actually is. As it becomes taller, its windows get smaller.
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City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
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The main building comprises four and a half stories with a nine-story
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Cincinnati Revealed: A Photographic Heritage of the Queen City
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Cincinnati Local Historic Landmark

Cincinnati
Ohio
39°06′16″N 84°31′08″W / 39.10441°N 84.51895°W / 39.10441; -84.51895
Samuel Hannaford
Richardsonian Romanesque
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Richardsonian Romanesque
National Register of Historic Places
Samuel Hannaford
clock tower
wainscoting
Cincinnatus
Samuel Hannaford
Richardson Romanesque
forced perspective




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