This is what a proper city hall should look like
I was for a great many years an admirer of the 19th century city halls that grace many a British industrial city. My long roll-call of favourites include Leeds, Manchester, Belfast, Bolton, Rochdale, Hull, Nottingham and Glasgow, every one a powerful statement of local civic pride. To my joy, the old cotton mill city of Lowell MA has a city hall that matches the best of them. Built in 1893 and surmounted by a 180-ft clock tower, it was designed by local architects Merrill and Cutler in what has been described as a Richardsonian Romanesque style.
This is what a proper city hall should look like
I was for a great many years an admirer of the 19th century city halls that grace many a British industrial city. My long roll-call of favourites include Leeds, Manchester, Belfast, Bolton, Rochdale, Hull, Nottingham and Glasgow, every one a powerful statement of local civic pride. To my joy, the old cotton mill city of Lowell MA has a city hall that matches the best of them. Built in 1893 and surmounted by a 180-ft clock tower, it was designed by local architects Merrill and Cutler in what has been described as a Richardsonian Romanesque style.