Old City Hall (Boston)

Old City Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Old City Hall in Boston in 2016
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Location	45 School Street Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates	42°21′29.20″N 71°3′33.59″W / 42.3581111°N 71.0593306°W / 42.3581111; -71.0593306
Built	1862–1865
Architect	G. J. F. Bryant, A. D. Gilman
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP reference No.	70000687
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 30, 1970[1]
Designated NHL	December 30, 1970[2]

Boston's Old City Hall was home to its city council from 1865 to 1969. It was one of the first buildings in the French Second Empire style to be built in the United States. After the building's completion, the Second Empire style was used extensively elsewhere in Boston and for many public buildings in the United States, including the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., Providence City Hall in Providence, Baltimore City Hall in Baltimore, and Philadelphia City Hall in Philadelphia. The building's architects were Gridley James Fox Bryant and Arthur Gilman.