Windham Town Hall

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

Windham Town Hall
The town hall in 2017
Windham Town Hall is located in Connecticut
Windham Town Hall
Windham Town Hall
Former namesWillimantic City Hall, Windham County Courthouse
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeTown hall
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
Town or cityWillimantic, Connecticut
CountryUnited States
Coordinates41.7131°N 72.2177°W / 41.7131; -72.2177
Current tenantsTown of Windham[1]
Completed1896
Opening1897
Cost$73,000 (equivalent to $2,438,713 in 2022)
OwnerTown of Windham
Height
Tip50 feet (15 m)
Roof30 feet (9.1 m)
Technical details
MaterialPhiladelphia pressed brick
Size13,762 square feet (1,278.5 m2)
Floor count3 floors
Floor area41,286 square feet (3,835.6 m2)
Grounds33,313 square feet (3,094.9 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Warren Richard Briggs
Website
windhamct.com
A photo of Main St. in the 1930s
NRHP reference No.82004410
Added to NRHPJune 28, 1982

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]

  • Windham Town Hall
  • The town hall in the 1940s
    The town hall in the 1940s
  • The town hall from the front
    The town hall from the front
  • The top of the clock tower
    The top of the clock tower

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 March 1, 2017.
  2. "Willimantic Street Festivals – Welcome to Third Thursdays". willimanticstreetfest.com. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  3. "Historic Buildings of Connecticut " Blog Archive " Windham Town Hall (1896)". historicbuildingsct.com. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  4. "Windham County Courthouse and Town Hall". jud.ct.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  5. "historic.htm". webpages.charter.net. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  6. "History of Willimantic". past-inc.org. Retrieved November 3, 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 November 3, 2016.
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