{"nrhp_refnum":"84001676","name":"City Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"823 25th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.300655309000035,"lon":-94.79536703799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-08-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Galveston City Hall, a four-story buff brick municipal building at 823 25th Street in Galveston, Texas, built 1915-16 to designs by C.D. Hill of Dallas and built by Gross Construction Co.","why_significant":"It has served as Galveston's city hall since 1916 and is the third city hall in the city's history. The form calls it a landmark of major local importance on one of the city's busiest streets. Its Italian Palazzo form is described as an extremely fine example of the Renaissance Revival mode of Beaux-Arts Classicism, and the front portion is virtually unchanged.","narrative":"Galveston's City Hall occupies an entire block at 823 25th Street and houses administrative offices, the City Council chambers, and police and fire facilities. Designed by C.D. Hill of Dallas and built by Gross Construction Co. in 1915-16, it is a four-story buff brick building with a low-pitched hip roof, a wide-eaved cornice, and a rusticated first floor. Triple entrance doors are framed by four Doric columns beneath a balustrade with a center shield, and Doric pilasters with arches join the upper-story center windows. Stone trim contrasts with the brick. The building was the city's third city hall. It originally included a large public auditorium, which Hurricane Carla badly damaged in 1962; a two-story office addition by R.R. Rapp and Associates replaced it in 1965. Early photographs indicate the front portion is virtually unchanged. The nomination treats it as a landmark of major local importance and a fine example of Renaissance Revival Beaux-Arts Classicism in Italian Palazzo form.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"C.D. Hill of Dallas (architect); Gross Construction Co. (contractor); R.R. Rapp and Associates of Galveston designed the 1965 addition","architectural_style":"Elements of Neo-Classical Revival; Italian Palazzo form, Renaissance Revival mode of Beaux-Arts Classicism","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as city hall; condition described as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.019917-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/9691/40969195/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001676.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001676/ee3b6d51da-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001676/ee3b6d51da-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galveston_City_Hall_01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Farragutful</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galveston_City_Hall_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969195","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hall_(Galveston,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000959"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/city-hall-84001676/"}