Norwich Town Hall

Not to be confused with City Hall, Norwich.
Norwich Town Hall
Location Union Street and Broadway, Norwich, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°31′36″N 72°4′51″W / 41.52667°N 72.08083°W / 41.52667; -72.08083Coordinates: 41°31′36″N 72°4′51″W / 41.52667°N 72.08083°W / 41.52667; -72.08083
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1870
Architect Burdick & Arnold
Architectural style Second Empire
Part of Downtown Norwich Historic District (#85000707)
NRHP Reference # 83003589[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 22, 1983
Designated CP April 4, 1985

Norwich Town Hall is a historic town hall at Union Street and Broadway in Norwich, Connecticut. It is a large red brick building, occupying a prominent location overlooking Norwich's central business district. It was designed by Burdick & Arnold, a local architectural firm, and built in 1870-73, with an addition to the rear c.1909, by Cudworth & Woodworth.[2] It is Second Empire in style, with a mansard roof and complex wood-carved ornamentation on its exterior. A tower at one corner has a mansard-roofed stage topped by a clock, belfry, and bulbous turned finial.[3] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1983. The building is part of the Downtown Norwich Historic District. It continues to house offices of the city and township of Norwich.

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Class of 1884, Harvard College: Twentieth-Fifth Anniversary Report of the Secretary. Cambridge: University Press, June 1909.
  3. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Norwich Town Hall" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-29.


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