City hall Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati City Hall is a four and a half story building located at 801 Plum Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. It was designed by local architect Samuel Hannaford, in the Richardson Romanesque style. Construction began in August 16, 1888 can was completed in 1893, with a spectacular dedication ceremony on May 13th of that year. Construction was done by three different Cincinnati companies: David Hummel Company, stonework; M. Clements, ironwork; and F. Pedretti Sons, painting. New York based Pottier Stymus & Co. G.C. Riordan & Co. made the stained glass windows throughout the building. The large allegorical window facing Plum Street is inscribed with a line from the poem “Catawba Wine” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s, which is a reference to Cincinnati and reads “To the Queen City of the West, in her garlands dressed, On the banks of the Beautiful River”. The symbol for the city of Cincinnati, which consists of the scales of justice above a caduceus crossed by a sword below the words “Juncta Juvant” (latin for “Strength in Unity”). The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1972. Photograph ca. 1935-1943