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Municipal Building (City Hall)

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City Hall
1937, Page and Southerland. 124 W. 8th St.
  • (Photograph by Gerald Moorhead )

This stately institutional building served as the seat of municipal government until replaced by the recent city hall ( AU40) on Lady Bird Lake. It remains one of the city's finest Moderne buildings and anchors the center of the downtown.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

City National Bank (FirstCity Bank) and FirstCity Centre
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Municipal Building (City Hall)", [Austin, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-AU23.

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