Burbank City Hall, City Hall in Burbank, United States
Burbank City Hall is a Streamline Moderne municipal building designed by William Allen and W. George Lutzi, built from 1941 to 1943. Its central section rises three and a half stories, with two-story side wings and a 77-foot tower that serves as the main lobby. The tower carries Art Deco detailing and more than 20 types of marble in the city seal on the floor, the trim, the walls and the treads and risers of the grand stairway.
Ground was broken in February 1941 and construction finished in 1943 at a total cost of $409,000, partly funded by the Federal Works Agency and the Works Progress Administration. Architects William Allen and W. George Lutzi designed it in the Moderne or Art Deco style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 1996, the second building so listed in Burbank after the main post office.
The Council Chamber displays a mural called The Four Freedoms, inspired by Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 speech, adorning the teakwood-panelled walls with symbolic artwork.
The building is located at 275 East Olive Avenue and is open on weekdays during business hours. Visitors can access various services or attend public meetings held in the chambers.
The 77-foot tower lobby holds more than 20 types of marble, worked into the city seal on the floor, the trim, the walls and the treads and risers of the grand stairway. The rotunda mural "Burbank Industry" was partly cut away in 1964 for a bridge; the removed lower section was stored for 37 years before conservators reattached it, unveiled on September 10, 2001.
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