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Oakland City Hall

1421 Washington St., Oakland, California

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Oakland City Hall

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Photo from the Historic American Buildings Survey

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Description 

Done by a nationally prominent architectural firm, who won this commission and two others for city halls in competitions, Oakland city hall is a blending of Beaux Arts planning and contemporary skyscraper architecture. -- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS CA-419)

National Register information 

Status
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 15, 1983
Reference number
83001170
Architectural style
Late 19th and 20th Century Revival: Beaux Arts
Areas of significance
Politics/Government; Architecture
Level of significance
Local
Evaluation criteria
A - Event; C - Design/Construction
Property type
Building
Historic function
City hall
Current function
City hall
Period of significance
1900-1924
Significant years
1911; 1914

Tags 

20th Century (29,076)
Alameda County, California (207)
Beaux Arts (973)
Built 1911 (916)
Built during 1910s (8,821)
California (4,456)
City hall (825)
Granite (5,090)
 Have Street View (46,147)
Historic American Buildings Survey (1,238)
Late 19th and 20th Century Revival (16,279)
Oakland, California (51)
Owned by local government (11,500)
Palmer & Hornbostel (3)
Terra cotta (3,922)

Update Log 

  • January 5, 2017: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger

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