Lewiston City Hall (Lewiston, Maine)

Lewiston City Hall

City Hall, Lewiston, 1908
Location Pine and Park Streets, Lewiston, Maine
Coordinates 44°5′42″N 70°12′57″W / 44.09500°N 70.21583°W / 44.09500; -70.21583Coordinates: 44°5′42″N 70°12′57″W / 44.09500°N 70.21583°W / 44.09500; -70.21583
Built 1892 (1892)
Architect Brigham & Spofford
Architectural style Other
NRHP Reference # 76000085[1]
Added to NRHP October 21, 1976

Lewiston City Hall is located at 27 Pine Street (corner of Pine and Park Streets) in downtown Lewiston, Maine. Built in 1892 to a design by John Calvin Spofford, it is a distinctive regional example of Baroque Revival architecture. It is the city's second city hall, the first succumbing to fire in 1890. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

Description

Lewiston's city hall is located in downtown Lewiston, at the southwest corner of Pine and Park Streets, across Park Street from Kennedy Park. The building is 90 feet wide, 160 feet long, and 185 feet in height from the sidewalk to the roof spire. Its main block is three stories in height, with the lower part of the ground floor finished in granite, and the rest of the structure finished in brick with granite trim. A slightly projecting center section houses the main entrance, recessed in a Romanesque rounded arch opening faced in granite, and rises to an ornately decorate tower with a belfry below a distinctive concave-sloped roof.[2]

History

Lewiston City Hall (left) beside the Atkinson Building in 2010.

Construction began on Lewiston's original City Hall in July 1871, and it was dedicated in December 1872. The plans were drawn up by Mr. Meacham of Boston. It was made of brick with granite trim in a Gothic style with a mansard roof. It was built at a cost of $200,000.

The original city hall had 80 rooms, including the police department and prison in the basement, the library and post office on the first floor. The building stood for 18 years, until January 7, 1890, when a fire broke out behind an elevator wall, destroying the building. The uninsured city hall was deemed a total loss.

The present city hall was constructed, on the same site but with a smaller footprint, beginning on October 1, 1890, and was dedicated on May 19, 1892. The total cost of construction, including demolishing the remains of the original building, came to $180,298.40.[3] It was designed by John Calvin Spofford, an architect based in Boston, Massachusetts.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Lewiston City Hall" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  3. ↑ "City Hall History". Lewiston Maine.
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