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Douglas City Hall
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Location130 S. Third St., Douglas, Wyoming
Coordinates 42°45′29″N105°23′2″W / 42.75806°N 105.38389°W / 42.75806; -105.38389
Arealess than one acre
Built191516
ArchitectWilliam N. Bowman
Architectural style Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No. 94000167 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 1994

The Douglas City Hall is the historic city hall located at 130 S. Third St. in Douglas, Wyoming. The building was constructed from 1915 to 1916 to serve as Douglas' center of government. Architect William Norman Bowman, who also designed the Weld County Courthouse in Greeley, Colorado, designed the building in the Georgian Revival style. The brick building's design features a broken pediment over its front entrance supported by pilasters. The building includes a room on the second floor designed to house meetings of local civic groups; the Douglas Good Roads Club, which later became the Chamber of Commerce, was the first group to use the room extensively. The Douglas government moved out of the building in 1989, and it is now a commercial property. [2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 17, 1994. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Shelley, Sandra (June 25, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Douglas City Hall". National Park Service . Retrieved June 4, 2013.