Milwaukee #1: City Hall

200 East Wells Street

Milwaukee City Hall in November 2000.

The cornerstone of City Hall was laid on February 24, 1894, and the building was dedicated on December 23, 1895. The cost of the building, including fixtures and furnishings, was over one million dollars. The architecture of City Hall is considered Flemish Renaissance, designed by the architecture firm Henry C. Koch & Company. The basement and first two floors are granite; the rest of the building is brick. The building contains 107,270 square feet of office space. The balcony of the clock tower is 320 feet high and the flagpole reaches to 393 feet. The flagpole itself is 40 feet tall, is a foot in diameter at its base, and the ball at the top is 3 feet in diameter. The clock, installed in 1896, is 18 feet in diameter, and was the third largest clock in the world at the time. The bell, named after city founder Solomon Juneau, first chimed on New Years Eve of 1896.

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