Little Falls City Hall

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Little Falls City Hall
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Little Falls City Hall, August 2013
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Nearest city 659 E. Main St., Little Falls, New York
Coordinates 43°02′40″N74°51′20″W / 43.04444°N 74.85556°W / 43.04444; -74.85556 Coordinates: 43°02′40″N74°51′20″W / 43.04444°N 74.85556°W / 43.04444; -74.85556
Area Less than one acre
Built 1916-1918
Built by George B. Willis & Company; Hallinan & Snyder
Architect William Neil Smith; Carl Haug & Sons
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference # 11000596 [1]
Added to NRHP August 24, 2011

Little Falls City Hall is a historic city hall located at Little Falls in Herkimer County, New York. It was built between 1916 and 1918, and is a 2 1/2-story, steel frame building faced in brick and terra cotta in the Classical Revival style. It has a slate covered mansard roof with decorative copper and dormers and sits on a concrete foundation. Atop the roof is a large lantern structure with a tiled dome roof and arched windows paneled with colored art glass. The main section of the building is seven bays wide and two bays deep. The front facade features a monumental, three-bay, projecting center entrance pavilion with four fluted pilasters. [2]

Seat of local government chief administrative building of a municipality

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Little Falls (city), New York City in New York, United States

Little Falls is a city in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 4,946 at the 2010 census. The city is built on both sides of the Mohawk River, at a point at which rapids had impeded travel upriver. Transportation through the valley was improved by construction of the Erie Canal, completed in 1825 and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River.

Herkimer County, New York County in the United States

Herkimer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 64,519. Its county seat is Herkimer. The county was created in 1791 north of the Mohawk River out of part of Montgomery County. It is named after General Nicholas Herkimer, who died from battle wounds in 1777 after taking part in the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War.

It was designed by William Neil Smith of New York City, who designed many buildings in upstate New York, including the local masonic temple in 1914. [3] Carl Haug & Sons, local architects, were originally hired to design the building, but were reduced to supervising architects for Smith. [4] The builders were Hallinan & Snyder of Little Falls and G. B. Willis & Company of New York.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 8/22/11 THROUGH 8/26/11. National Park Service. 2011-09-02.
  2. ↑ Travis Bowman (April 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Little Falls City Hall". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2012-07-29.See also: "Accompanying five photos".
  3. ↑ Moore, William D. Masonic Temples: Freemasonry, Ritual Architecture, and Masculine Archetypes. 2006.
  4. ↑ American Architect 1915: 582.
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