Little Falls City Hall

Little Falls City Hall is a historic city hall located at Little Falls in Herkimer County, New York. It was built between 1916 and 1918, and is a 2 1/2-story, steel frame building faced in brick and terra cotta in the Classical Revival style. It has a slate covered mansard roof with decorative copper and dormers and sits on a concrete foundation. Atop the roof is a large lantern structure with a tiled dome roof, arched windows paneled with colored art glass, and sculptural work featuring Native American figureheads, cornucopia with pine cones, and acanthus leaf detailing. The main section of the building is seven bays wide and two bays deep. The front facade features a monumental, three-bay, projecting center entrance pavilion with four fluted pilasters.[2]

Little Falls City Hall
Little Falls City Hall, August 2013
Nearest city659 E. Main St., Little Falls, New York
Coordinates43°02′40″N 74°51′20″W
AreaLess than one acre
Built1916-1918
Built byGeorge B. Willis & Company; Hallinan & Snyder
ArchitectWilliam Neil Smith; Carl Haug & Sons
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.11000596[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 24, 2011

It was designed by William Neil Smith of New York City, who designed many buildings in upstate New York, including the local masonic temple in 1914.[3] Carl Haug & Sons, local architects, were originally hired to design the building, but were reduced to supervising architects for Smith.[4] The builders were Hallinan & Snyder of Little Falls and G. B. Willis & Company of New York.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]


Lantern sculptural details
Keystone detail
Classical Revival Native American sculptural detail

References
  1. "National Register of Historic Places". WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 8/22/11 THROUGH 8/26/11. National Park Service. 2011-09-02.
  2. Travis Bowman (April 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Little Falls City Hall". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2012-07-29. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
  3. Moore, William D. Masonic Temples: Freemasonry, Ritual Architecture, and Masculine Archetypes. 2006.
  4. American Architect 1915: 582.
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