City Hall - Anchorage, Alaska - Alaska Historic Markers on Waymarking.com

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City Hall

The doors of City Hall were first opened on November 15, 1936.  The building, which originally contained the city's administrative offices, library, jail, and fire department, was made possible in 1935 through the passage of a bond issue and the assistance of the U.S. Public Works Administration.  Construction of this Depression-era building was stared under Mayor Oscar S. Gill and completed under Mayor Herbert E. Brown.  A local architect, E. Ellsworth Sedille, drew the plans for the facaility which were carried out by the Gastineau Construction Company.  The building was restored in 1975 under the administration of Mayor George M. Sullivan.  With the encouragement of Mayor Sullivan and the Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission, Alaska Pacific Bank renovated City Hall for use as a branch bank and and its doors were again opened to the public January 1981.  City Hall has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The former city hall is now the headquarters for the Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Marker Name: City Hall Marker Type: City Addtional Information: For more information on the Old City Hall see National Register Nomination form Date Dedicated / Placed: Not listed Marker Number: Not listed

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