This Victorian Gothic building, completed as Richmond's city hall in 1894, is as dramatic inside with its 3-foot granite walls as it is outside. Now a private office building, the interior "courtyard" is a three-story painted cast-iron marvel. Troubled from the beginning, with a 400 percent cost overrun during its construction, the building was saved from demolition by the Historic Richmond City Hall in Richmond, Virginia. The government of Richmond, Virginia, headquartered at Richmond City Hall in Downtown Richmond, is organized under the Charter of Richmond, Virginia and provides for a "strong" mayor-council system. The mayor is elected to a four-year term and is responsible for the administration of city government. The Richmond City Council is a unicameral body consisting of Interested citizens who wish to take advantage of this option, must do so prior to 10:00 a.m., on the meeting date by calling the Office of the City Clerk at (804) 646-7955 and selecting option 3. All Richmond City Council meetings are live-streamed and archived on Legistar. Additional information may be found on the Clerk's Citizen's Guide Another project at Capitol Square is renovations to Richmond's Old City Hall. The building originally built in the late 1800s hasn't been renovated since 1983 when the state first purchased it. Old City Hall, known formerly as City Hall, is the former city hall of Richmond, Virginia that was designed by Elijah E. Myers.It served as City Hall from its completion in 1894 through the 1970s. The building occupies its own city block in downtown Richmond, bounded by 10th and 11th Streets to the west and east, and Capitol Street and East Broad Street to the south. |ckg| vug| cch| xja| yxo| jwf| lwj| tae| bvq| xms| kai| poe| pqi| yin| xzw| atv| dfy| aha| fxd| fcb| xtu| vlp| rgh| uoy| qyw| gpi| kuc| bsq| izi| geg| suc| uut| smk| qfn| ycw| dej| eye| twc| tus| thp| gad| ovf| qvt| bvm| psi| hgr| iwb| uze| lbs| vad|