New York City Hall

Original title: The City Hall, New York City. Copyright 1900 by Detroit Publishing Company. Source: Album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

View from Park Row side. This historic City Hall palace opened in 1812. The original copper roof of City Hall was replaced in 1853, but it was partly destroyed by fire in 1858. Today the City Hall is a living museum, designated a national historic landmark in 1960.

The Postal Telegraph Building and the Home Life Building (on the left, on Broadway) were constructed between 1892 to 1894.

More: A City Hall enlargement from the original black and white photo.