Oldest Functioning City Hall In America
by Zach on Jul.29, 2009, under A Kid in the Conference Room
As we embarked on another field trip, this one to City Hall, my fellow co-workers and I, had no clue what to expect. As we entered City Hall, we showed the guard our identification and stepped through the metal detectors. Ms. Jeanne Davis, our tour guide, was there waiting for us. We learned that City Hall’s corner stone was laid just a couple of years after the Civil War and the building was finished eight years later. We also learned that a young architect named George Frederick was just in his early twenties when he designed the building after submitting the winning design for a competition he saw advertised in the newspaper. 
