Leavenworth Municipal Building - Leavenworth Downtown Historic District - Leavenworth, Kansas - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

Leavenworth's City Hall is a detached, two-story, light grey terra-cotta building on a landscaped area on the west half of Block 50. Its west elevation is symmetrical and contains a central projecting bay with square pilasters and columns. Within this bay is a recessed, double-door entrance topped by a bracketed pediment and flanked by by two-story Ionic columns. A wide, ornamented entablature pediment with a molded cornice and relief ornamentation further emphasizes the central bay. Flanking the central portion of the facade and defining the three bays are pairs of one-over-one light, double hung sash windows with transom lights above. The south elevation contains a formal entrance near the west end of the building. This part of the elevation has three bays that project slightly from the building wall. Full height pilasters divide the bays and extend to the second story cornice. It is composed of a central entry door with a bracketed pediment. Single, rectangular windows flank the entry. On the second story, a single rectangular window is in each of these bays. The single windows are the same as the the paired windows on the south facade. The remainder of the elevation consists of three bays created by two pairs of windows on the first and second stories, and a single window on both stories of the end bay. A classical entablature wraps around the building. Over the the entrances and above the entablature are parapets clad in terra-cotta. The spandrels on both elevations have classical garlands in low relief. All window frames are metal, replacing the earlier wood frames.