Etymology Town it's located in Type Town Hall Height 9.1 m Architect Warren R. Briggs | Status Complete Architectural style Romanesque Revival Phone +1 860-465-3000 | |
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Former names Willimantic City Hall, Windham County Courthouse Town or city Willimantic, Connecticut Address 979 Main St, Willimantic, CT 06226, USA Hours Open today · 8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–7:30PMFriday8AM–12PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Frog Bridge, Windham Textile and History M, Putnam Town Hall, Air Line State Park Trail, Seaside Institute | ||
Windham town hall and the new town engineer
The Windham Town Hall is a town hall located inside the Willimantic village of Windham, Connecticut.
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History
It was built in 1896 for the housing of the Windham County Courthouse and the Willimantic City Government. Before then, the government was held in a rented space in Hayden Block. It is made out of 1.25 million bricks, cost $73,000 (1895) to make, and contains a large clock donated by James Hayden. In 1915 President William Howard Taft visited the building. 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.
Recent History
The police station, the county courthouse, and the city library relocated in 1977. It joined the Main Street Historic District, part of the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The city hall became a town hall for Windham when Willimantic was downgraded to a borough in 1983.
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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.