Bakersfield City Hall, Municipal administration building in Bakersfield, United States.

Bakersfield City Hall is a municipal administration building featuring symmetrical windows, concrete walls, and rectangular forms that emphasize its governmental purpose. Inside, it contains administrative offices, public service counters, and meeting rooms that support the daily operations of the city's government.

The current City Hall was completed in 1954, replacing the previous building destroyed in the 21 July 1952 Kern County earthquake. The city had begun planning a replacement a year earlier because the old hall was too small. In 1933, the funeral of Mexican striker Pedro Subia, killed during the California agricultural strikes, was held at the old City Hall.

In front of the building stands a statue of Colonel Thomas Baker, the city's founder, marked as California Historical Landmark #382. Its plaque quotes his motto, "Time will justify a man who means to do right," and calls the civic center his dream come true. In 1933 the funeral of striker Pedro Subia was held at the old city hall.

The building is accessible during business hours when most offices are open and public counters are staffed. It helps to check the specific hours of individual departments before planning a visit.

The building is City Hall South, while most city departments and the City Manager moved to City Hall North, a 1995 Borton, Petrini & Conron building bought for $4.5 million and remodeled for $1.4 million. The Mayor's office and Council chambers stayed here, as the City Charter requires.