Houston City Hall

Houston City Hall
Houston City Hall
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General information
TypeCity hall
Architectural styleArt Deco, Modernistic
Address901 Bagby Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Coordinates29°45′37″N 95°22′10″W / 29.7602°N 95.3694°W / 29.7602; -95.3694
Construction startedMarch 7, 1938
CompletedJuly 1939
Cost$1.67 million USD
Technical details
Floor count17
Design and construction
Architect(s)Joseph Finger
Houston City Hall
Area3.1 acres (1.3 ha)
NRHP reference No.90001471[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1990

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. It is surrounded by the Houston Skyline District and is similar in design to dozens of other city halls built in the southwest United States during the same time period.[2] City Hall is flanked by Tranquility Park and the Houston Public Library. The simply designed structure featured many construction details that have helped to make this building an architectural classic.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Houston City Hall". www.glasssteelandstone.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)