Boston illustrated; . uildings which perhaps deserve thefirst attention. And the list should properly be lieaded by the magnificent CityHall, which is one of tlie most imposing specimens of architecture in the was in 1830 that tlie city offices were removed from Faneud Hall to the OldState House, wliich had been remodelled for the purpose. But only a fewyears elapsed before it became necessary to remove thence. Successive citygovernments liaving refused to sanction the erection of a siutable City Hall, BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. 73 the Old Court House, wluch stood on «, part of the site of th
Boston illustrated; . uildings which perhaps deserve thefirst attention. And the list should properly be lieaded by the magnificent CityHall, which is one of tlie most imposing specimens of architecture in the was in 1830 that tlie city offices were removed from Faneud Hall to the OldState House, wliich had been remodelled for the purpose. But only a fewyears elapsed before it became necessary to remove thence. Successive citygovernments liaving refused to sanction the erection of a siutable City Hall, BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. 73 the Old Court House, wluch stood on «, part of the site of the present CityHall, was converted into a city buildmg in 1840, and all the offices of the citywere removedthither. In1850 the ques-tion of makingadditions to theold City Hallor of erectuiga new one re-appeared in thecity council,and after agi-tation of thesubject fromyear to yearthe necessaryorders for anew buildingwere passed in1862. The sumoriginallyasked for andappropriatedwas !? 160,000,but the build-ing actually. City Hall. cost, before it was occupied, more than half a million dollars. The corner-stonewas laid on the 22d of December, 1862, — the anniversary of the landing of thePilgruns at Plymouth, and the building was completed and dedicated on the18th of September, 1865. The tablet in the wall back of the first landing-perpetuates in beautifully worked marble the statement that the dedication tookplace on the 17th of September, the two hundred and thirty-fifth anniversaryof the settlement of Boston; but as that day fell that year on Sunday, the cere-mony actually took place on the following day. The style in which this building has been erected is the Italian Renaissance,with modifications and elaborations suggested by modern French material of the exterior is Concord granite. The Louvre dome, which issurmounted by an American eagle and a flagstaff, is occupied withm by someof the most important offices of the city. Here is the central point of thefir
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