page_title: New York City Hall
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: New York City Hall / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: "Chamber of the Board of councilmen, 1868" in New York City Hall
context_page_description: New York City Hall is the seat of New York City government, located at the center of City Hall Park in the Civic Center area of Lower Manhattan, between Broadway, Park Row, and Chambers Street. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, the building is the oldest city hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental functions, such as the office of the Mayor of New York City and the chambers of the New York City Council. While the Mayor's Office is in the building, the staff of thirteen municipal agencies under mayoral control are located in the nearby Manhattan Municipal Building, one of the largest government buildings in the world.
  New York City Hall is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated both City Hall's exterior and interior as official city landmarks in 1966 and 1976, respectively.
context_section_description: Although Mangin and McComb designed the building, which was constructed between 1810 and 1812, it has been altered numerous times over the years, with the alteration often designed by architects:
  1860: Leopold Eidlitz
  1898: John H. Duncan
  1903: William Martin Aiken
  1907, 1912, 1915, 1917: Grosvenor Atterbury
  1956: Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
  1998: Cabrera Barricklo
  The architectural style of City Hall combines two noted historical movements, French Renaissance, which can be seen in the design of the exterior, and American-Georgian in the interior design. The design of City Hall influenced at least two later civic structures, the Tweed Courthouse and the Surrogate's Courthouse.  City Hall is a designated New York City landmark. It is also listed on the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places.
caption: The Chamber of the Board of Councilmen in 1868
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