Milwaukee City Hall

Milwaukee City Hall is a skyscraper and town hall located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Finished in 1895, it was Milwaukee's tallest building until the completion of the First Wisconsin Center in 1973. It is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Designed by architect Henry C. Koch in the Flemish Renaissance Revival style, the building is based on German precedents and local examples like the demolished Pabst Building. The foundation consists of 2,584 white pine piles driven into the marshy land surrounding the Milwaukee River. From the foundation base, the main block of the building rises eight stories, with the massive tower at the end rising to 350 feet (110 m), with its clock faces flanked by four "beer stein" turrets and topped by a copper-clad spire.

The upper part of the tower was rebuilt after a fire in October 1929. The interior features a 20-by-70-foot (6.1 m x 21.3 m) open atrium, which rises eight stories tall and is topped by a skylight. The tower holds a single bourdon bell named after Solomon Juneau, Milwaukee's first mayor. It was designed and crafted by the Campbells, who were early pioneers in creating diving chambers and suits near the Great Lakes area during that time. The bell weighs 22,500 pounds (10,200 kg; 10.2 t) and was hoisted in the tower in 1896, first chiming on New Year's Eve. City Hall is currently served by the Hop streetcar and Milwaukee County Transit System routes 15, 18, and 57, as well as the GreenLine bus.

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