Oakland City Hall

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Oakland City Hall
National Register of Historic Places
Oakland City Hall

Oakland City Hall

Oakland City Hall (California)
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location Oakland , Alameda County , California
Coordinates 37 ° 48 ′ 19 ″  N , 122 ° 16 ′ 21 ″  W Coordinates: 37 ° 48 ′ 19 ″  N , 122 ° 16 ′ 21 ″  W
Built 1910-14
architect Architectural firm Palmer & Hornbostel
Architectural style Beaux Arts architecture
NRHP number 83001170
The NRHP added September 15, 1983

The Oakland City Hall , the City Hall of Oakland, California . After the former seat of the city administration was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 , the Oakland City Hall in Downtown Oakland was built in the style of Beaux Arts architecture by the architectural firm Palmer & Hornbostel from 1910 to 1914 . With a height of 97 m and 18 floors above ground, it was the first government building to be built in multi-storey buildings . The white facade is made of granite and terracotta.

On September 15, 1983, she was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Web links

Commons : Oakland City Hall  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oakland City Hall. In: The World's Building Website . Emporis Corporation , accessed June 23, 2011 .
  2. Dorit Fromm: oakland and San Francisco's civic structures reinvent urban centers. In: San Francisco Chronicle . January 4, 1998, accessed June 23, 2011 .
  3. Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 1, 2016