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dtown Town

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Here is my cities old city hall

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Of course, it is no longer standing, it was replaced in the 60's with an ugly, flat, one story POS. BUt, it is proposed that they build a new municipal center, and i hope they do. but they better do it right this time.

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damus Burg

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Norwich, CT city hall. Small city (37,000) with rich history. Birthplace of Benedict Arnold and near two of the biggest casinos in the world and a proposed Utopia movie studios/theme park/performing arts college adjacent to the city line. The theme park component is supposedly going to draw more visitors per day than Disney World....

BTW Richmond's city hall is magnificent.

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TBurban Town

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Thanks guys! A little history on it. It was constructed in 1894 and its style is considered Victorian Gothic, a combination not often used anymore. It escaped two destructions, the Richmond burning in the Civil War and demolition in the mid 1900's. Haha, thank god ^_^

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damus Burg

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Thanks guys! A little history on it. It was constructed in 1894 and its style is considered Victorian Gothic, a combination not often used anymore. It escaped two destructions, the Richmond burning in the Civil War and demolition in the mid 1900's. Haha, thank god ^_^

Did you mean it was built in 1794? 1894 is about 30 years too late to have been burned in the civil war....

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TBurban Town

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Did you mean it was built in 1794? 1894 is about 30 years too late to have been burned in the civil war....

Ahh, so it turns out my history is a little rough :blush: Im pretty sure 1894 was the date, so it was after the Civil War, during the Reconstruction. My bad about that :thumbsup:

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TBurban Town

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Thats a pretty even comparison, both even being built within 10 years of eachother ^_^ Its a shame it was demolished. Here in Richmond, we're history junkies. Our Old City Hall (the above picture) and our Main Street Station(pictured below) have been fully restored thanks to our Historical Society and Chamber of Commerce. Our state capital is even under enovation, getting ready for 2007.

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Capitol Building

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Cadeho City

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Thanks guys! A little history on it. It was constructed in 1894 and its style is considered Victorian Gothic, a combination not often used anymore. It escaped two destructions, the Richmond burning in the Civil War and demolition in the mid 1900's. Haha, thank god ^_^

Um... hate to correct you, it's only been in danger of demolition once during the 60s I believe. And the Civil War ended in 1865. At that time, on that spot was the even older old City Hall designed by Robert Mills which was demolished for fear it was unstable after the 1870 floor collapse in the Capitol across the street. While demolishing it, they found out it was superbly built and was in nowhere near danger of collapse.

I have a pic of it (and so do most Richmond history books) but I'm not sure I'm allowed to post it.

And T, why does everyone think Richmond was nearly destroyed? It wasn't, only a few blocks burned mainly near the river. There were only a few structures in one block on Franklin that were affected and that is as far north as it went.

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TBurban Town

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Um... hate to correct you, it's only been in danger of demolition once during the 60s I believe. And the Civil War ended in 1865. At that time, on that spot was the even older old City Hall designed by Robert Mills which was demolished for fear it was unstable after the 1870 floor collapse in the Capitol across the street. While demolishing it, they found out it was superbly built and was in nowhere near danger of collapse.

I have a pic of it (and so do most Richmond history books) but I'm not sure I'm allowed to post it.

And T, why does everyone think Richmond was nearly destroyed? It wasn't, only a few blocks burned mainly near the river. There were only a few structures in one block on Franklin that were affected and that is as far north as it went.

Thanks Cadeho, my history is a little rusty in the whole Civil War area. Thats all they used to teach us in middle school, and then in high school it was nothing but world history, no VA history. Not that Ive forgotten it or anything, just slipped my mind :blush: Now thats thats all in the past, its not been of much use quite yet....Thanks for correcting me, I wasnt even aware that we had an even older city hall.

About the fire, I remember that part. Mainly warehouses that were storing supplies were burned, which then spread to some other buildings. But I couldve sworn it spread more into the city. Aw well, dont get me started on history again, for everyones sake :lol:

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TBurban Town

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Really quick, this picture is of Richmond's "burned district" Courtesy of, The Library of Congress and the Civil War site. Link here.

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If I didnt know any better, Id say that looked a lot like a European city bombed in WWI or II. But it's Richmond....

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