Windham Town Hall

Windham Town Hall

The town hall in 2013
Windham Town Hall
Former names Willimantic City Hall, Windham County Courthouse
Etymology Town it's located in
General information
Status Complete
Type Town Hall
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
Town or city Willimantic, Connecticut
Country United States
Coordinates 41°42′47″N 72°13′04″W / 41.7131°N 72.2177°W / 41.7131; -72.2177Coordinates: 41°42′47″N 72°13′04″W / 41.7131°N 72.2177°W / 41.7131; -72.2177
Current tenants Town of Windham
Completed 1896
Opening 1897
Cost $73,000 (equivalent to $2,000,000 in 2016)
Owner Town of Windham
Height
Height 50 feet (15 m)
Roof 30 feet (9.1 m)
Technical details
Material Philadelphia pressed brick
Size 13,762 square feet (1,278.5 m2)
Floor count 3 floors
Floor area 41,286 square feet (3,835.6 m2)
Grounds 33,313 square feet (3,094.9 m2)
Design and construction
Architect Warren Richard Briggs
Website
www.windhamct.com

A photo of Main St. in the 1930's
NRHP Reference # 82004410
Added to NRHP June 28, 1982

The Windham Town Hall is a town hall located inside the Willimantic borough of Windham, Connecticut.

History

The town hall in the 1940s

It was built in 1896 for the housing of the Windham County Courthouse and the Willimantic City Government.[1] Before then, the government was held in a rented space in Hayden Block.[2] It is made out of 1.25 million bricks, cost $73,000 (1895) to make, and contains a large clock donated by James Hayden.[3] In 1915 President William Howard Taft visited the building.[4] Warren Richard Briggs was the architect for the building, as he had made other courthouses similar to this in the state. At one point the county courtrooms, The city of Willimantic government, the Grand Army of the Republic, the local Civil War veteran's group, and the Town of Windham government.[5]

Recent History

The police station, the county courthouse, and the city library relocated in 1977.[4] It joined the Main Street Historic District, part of the National Registry of Historic Places in 1982.[6] The city hall became a town hall for Windham when Willimantic was downgraded to a borough in 1983.[7]

Description

The building is currently a large Romanesque Revival style building in general. It has a green clock tower on the top of the building, making the building 50 feet high. The building is 3 stories high, containing the offices of the town of Windham. It has a green area just outside of the building with a staircase leading from the street to the building.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Willimantic Street Festivals - Welcome to Third Thursdays". www.willimanticstreetfest.com. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  2. ↑ "Historic Buildings of Connecticut » Blog Archive » Windham Town Hall (1896)". historicbuildingsct.com. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  3. 1 2 "Windham County Courthouse and Town Hall". www.jud.ct.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  4. 1 2 "historic.htm". webpages.charter.net. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  5. ↑ "History of Willimantic". www.past-inc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  6. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Main Street Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. 1982. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut History". Connecticut Genealogy. 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
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