Savannah City Hall, Municipal building in Savannah, United States.
Savannah City Hall is a Renaissance Revival government building on Bay Street in downtown Savannah, Georgia, with walls of limestone and granite. It stands six stories tall and is topped by a dome covered in 23-karat gold leaf, which makes it easy to spot from several blocks away.
The building replaced an earlier structure called the City Exchange, which had stood on the same site since 1799 and served as a customs house and post office. By the early 1900s, the city needed a larger and more formal seat of government, so construction began on the current building.
The building carries the name of Mayor Herman Myers, who oversaw its construction and called it a monument to the progressive spirit of twentieth-century Savannah. A Georgia historical marker erected in 2014 by the Georgia Historical Society, working with the mayor and aldermen, stands at the site and records this history for passersby.
Savannah City Hall faces the United States Customhouse across the street, on Bay Street in downtown Savannah. The building is a contributing property to the Savannah Historic District, so it sits within the walkable grid of the historic squares. A Georgia historical marker erected in 2014 stands at the city hall.
The original plans included decorative sculptures of chariots and horses meant to sit on top of the building, but they were cut from the project before construction was finished to reduce costs. As a result, the roofline is much plainer than the architects first intended, though the gold dome still draws the eye.
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