Wednesday, May 2, 2012

City Hall

The City Hall  in Singapore is a  national monument gazetted on 14 February 1992. Located in front of the historical  Padang  and next door to the Supreme Court of Singapore, it was designed and built by the architects of the municipal government, A. Gordans and F.D.Meadows from 1926 to 1929. A flight of stairs takes visitors from the Corinthian colonnade to the main building. The building was constructed to replace several houses designed by architect GD Coleman. It was first known as Municipal Building until 1951 when Singapore was granted  city status by King George VI.