Milwaukee City Hall

Just beautiful! It was finished in 1895, and was Milwaukee's tallest building until completion of the First Wisconsin Center in 1973 (boo). As a trade, it also was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 (yay!).

Milwaukee City Hall was designed by architect Henry C. Koch in the Flemish Renaissance Revival style, based on both German precedent (for example, the Hamburg Rathaus or city hall), and local examples (the Pabst Building, demolished in 1981). Due to Milwaukee's historic German immigrant population, many of the surrounding buildings mirror this design. The foundation consists of 2,584 white pine piles that were driven into the marshy land surrounding the Milwaukee River.

Its interior atrium is also stunning, do yourself a favor and make a quick google.



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