Savannah City Hall

Savannah City Hall
2 East Bay Street
Savannah, GA 31401
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Savannah's City Hall is located on Yamacraw Bluff overlooking the Savannah River. This is the same bluff where General James Oglethorpe landed in 1733 with the first group of colonists who would establish the City of Savannah and the last of the 13 colonies of England. City Hall was designed and built by local architect Hyman Wallace Witcover in 1901 in the Renaissance Revival style.  The dome rises 70 feet into the air was originally clad in copper but was gilded in 1987. Just outside the main entrance are two tablets put in place in 1918 to commemorate Savannah's importance to the maritime industry. One tablet marks the 100th anniversary of The Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. The second tablet commemorates The John Randolf, the first iron vessel seen in the Americas. The John Randolf was assembled in and launched from Savannah in 1834.

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