New York City Hall - 1828
The New York City Hall drawn and engraved expressly for the "New-York Mirror, and Ladies' Literary Gazette", issue May 10, 1828. The palace is depicted from Chatham Street (later Park Row) and some buildings on Broadway are represented on the left. Illustration drawn by Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892), engraved by Vistus Balch (1799-1884) and published by William D. Smith. Source: NYPL.
The New-York Mirror was a weekly newspaper published in New York City from 1823 to 1842, edited by George P. Morris. It was succeeded by The New Mirror in 1843 and 1844. Then the publishers launched The Evening Mirror, a daily newspaper published from 1844 to 1898.
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New Amsterdam's first City Hall was built by the Dutch in the 17th century near present-day 73 Pearl Street. The second City Hall was built in 1700, on Wall and Nassau streets.
Construction of this new palace began in 1803 and the new City Hall opened in 1812, when the city government moved from the old Federal Hall. The City Hall housed the three wings of the government: legislative, executive and judicial. It included wine and beer cellars, a chapel, small jails and a housekeeper's apartment. In 1858, the City Hall was partly destroyed by fire. The roof and cupola, with the first sculpture of Justice on top, were destroyed. It was reconstructed in the following years.
New York City Hall - 1828
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