The Windham Town Hall is a town hall in Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
| Windham Town Hall | |
|---|---|
 The town hall in 2017 | |
  Windham Town Hall | |
| Former names | Willimantic City Hall, Windham County Courthouse |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Town hall |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| Town or city | Willimantic, Connecticut |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°42′47″N 72°13′04″W / 41.7131°N 72.2177°W |
| Current tenants | Town of Windham[1] |
| Completed | 1896 |
| Opening | 1897 |
| Cost | $73,000 (equivalent to $2,539,101 in 2023) |
| Owner | Town of Windham |
| Height | |
| Tip | 50 feet (15 m) |
| Roof | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Philadelphia pressed brick |
| Size | 13,762 square feet (1,278.5 m2) |
| Floor count | 3 floors |
| Floor area | 41,286 square feet (3,835.6 m2) |
| Grounds | 33,313 square feet (3,094.9 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Warren Richard Briggs |
| Website | |
| windhamct | |
.jpg) A photo of Main St. in the 1930s | |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004410 |
| Added to NRHP | June 28, 1982 |
History
editIt was built in 1896 for the housing of the Windham County Courthouse and the Willimantic City Government.[2] Before then, the government was held in a rented space in Hayden Block.[3] It is made out of 1.25 million bricks, cost $73,000 (1895) to make, and contains a large clock donated by James Hayden.[4] In 1915 President William Howard Taft visited the building.[5] Warren Richard Briggs was the architect for the building, as he had made other courthouses similar to this in the state. At one point the building house county courtrooms, The city of Willimantic government, the local Grand Army of the Republic group, and the Town of Windham government.[6]
Recent history
editThe police station, the county courthouse, and the city library relocated in 1977.[5] It joined the Main Street Historic District, part of the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[7] The city hall became a town hall for Windham when Willimantic was downgraded to a CDP in 1983.[8]
Gallery
edit- Windham Town Hall
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The town hall in the 1940s -
The town hall from the front -
The top of the clock tower
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Description
editThe building is currently a large Romanesque Revival style building in general. It has a green clock tower on the top of the building, making the building 50 feet high. The building is 3 stories high, containing the offices of the town of Windham. It has a green area just outside of the building with a staircase leading from the street to the building.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Windham Town Hall – Windham/Willimanitc, CT". windhamct.com. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ "Willimantic Street Festivals – Welcome to Third Thursdays". willimanticstreetfest.com. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "Historic Buildings of Connecticut " Blog Archive " Windham Town Hall (1896)". historicbuildingsct.com. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ a b "Windham County Courthouse and Town Hall". jud.ct.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ a b "historic.htm". webpages.charter.net. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "History of Willimantic". past-inc.org. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Main Street Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. 1982. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut History". Connecticut Genealogy. August 9, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2016.