Windham Town Hall

Windham Town Hall
The town hall in 2017
Windham Town Hall
Former names Willimantic City Hall, Windham County Courthouse
Etymology Town it's located in
General information
Status Complete
Type Town Hall
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
Town or city Willimantic, Connecticut
Country United States
Coordinates 41°42′47″N 72°13′04″W / 41.7131°N 72.2177°W / 41.7131; -72.2177Coordinates: 41°42′47″N 72°13′04″W / 41.7131°N 72.2177°W / 41.7131; -72.2177
Current tenants Town of Windham[1]
Completed 1896
Opening 1897
Cost $73,000 (equivalent to $2,039,379 in 2017)
Owner Town of Windham
Height
Tip 50 feet (15 m)
Roof 30 feet (9.1 m)
Technical details
Material Philadelphia pressed brick
Size 13,762 square feet (1,278.5 m2)
Floor count 3 floors
Floor area 41,286 square feet (3,835.6 m2)
Grounds 33,313 square feet (3,094.9 m2)
Design and construction
Architect Warren Richard Briggs
Website
windhamct.com
A photo of Main St. in the 1930's
NRHP reference # 82004410
Added to NRHP June 28, 1982

The Windham Town Hall is a town hall in Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut.

History

It was built in 1896 for the housing of the Windham County Courthouse and the Willimantic City Government.[2] Before then, the government was held in a rented space in Hayden Block.[3] It is made out of 1.25 million bricks, cost $73,000 (1895) to make, and contains a large clock donated by James Hayden.[4] In 1915 President William Howard Taft visited the building.[5] Warren Richard Briggs was the architect for the building, as he had made other courthouses similar to this in the state. At one point the building house county courtrooms, The city of Willimantic government, the local Grand Army of the Republic group, and the Town of Windham government.[6]

Recent history

The police station, the county courthouse, and the city library relocated in 1977.[5] It joined the Main Street Historic District, part of the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[7] The city hall became a town hall for Windham when Willimantic was downgraded to a CDP in 1983.[8]

Description

The building is currently a large Romanesque Revival style building in general. It has a green clock tower on the top of the building, making the building 50 feet high. The building is 3 stories high, containing the offices of the town of Windham. It has a green area just outside of the building with a staircase leading from the street to the building.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Windham Town Hall – Windham/Willimanitc, CT". windhamct.com. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Willimantic Street Festivals – Welcome to Third Thursdays". willimanticstreetfest.com. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Historic Buildings of Connecticut " Blog Archive " Windham Town Hall (1896)". historicbuildingsct.com. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Windham County Courthouse and Town Hall". jud.ct.gov. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. 1 2 "historic.htm". webpages.charter.net. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "History of Willimantic". past-inc.org. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Main Street Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. 1982. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut History". Connecticut Genealogy. August 9, 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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