City Hall (Forest City, Missouri)

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City Hall
Location MO 111, Forest City, Missouri
Coordinates 39°58′57″N95°11′25″W / 39.98250°N 95.19028°W / 39.98250; -95.19028 Coordinates: 39°58′57″N95°11′25″W / 39.98250°N 95.19028°W / 39.98250; -95.19028
Area less than one acre
Built 1901 (1901)
Architect Felt & Carr; Tochterman, Andrew
NRHP reference # 79001362 [1]
Added to NRHP June 27, 1979

City Hall is a historic city hall located at Forest City, Holt County, Missouri. It was built in 1901, and is a two-story, rectangular red brick building measuring 80 feet by 40 feet. It sits on a foundation of smoothed and coursed native limestone blocks. It features a square clock tower. [2] :5–6

Seat of local government chief administrative building of a municipality

In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre, a guildhall, a Rathaus (German), or a municipal building, is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city or town council, its associated departments, and their employees. It also usually functions as the base of the mayor of a city, town, borough, or county/shire.

Forest City, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Forest City is a city in Holt County, Missouri, United States. The population was 268 at the 2010 census.

Holt County, Missouri County in the United States

Holt County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,912. Its county seat is Oregon. The county was organized February 15, 1841. Originally named Nodaway County, it was soon renamed for David Rice Holt (1803–1840), a Missouri state legislator from Platte County.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Noelle Soren (April 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: City Hall" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 6 photographs from 1979)