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Burbank City Hall

Year
1943
Style
modern
City
Los Angeles, CA
Burbank City Hall
Photo: Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer), CC BY 4.0
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Burbank City Hall was designed by architects William Allen and W. George Lutzi in the Moderne, or Art Deco, style, with construction running from 1941 to 1943 at a cost of $409,000, partly funded by the Federal Works Agency's Works Progress Administration. It has served as the seat of Burbank's municipal government ever since and draws frequent requests from film productions for its period character.

the building

The lobby tower. A 77-foot tower forms the building's main lobby, finished with Art Deco detailing and more than 20 types of marble, used in the city seal set into the floor as well as the trim, walls, and stair treads.

the style

Allen and Lutzi built the hall in the Moderne, or Art Deco, idiom typical of Depression-era civic buildings funded through New Deal programs, pairing geometric massing with the marble and mural work concentrated in the lobby tower.

the architect

William Allen and W. George Lutzi designed the building; Burbank officials have long noted that its murals and materials mark it as distinctly of its period.

significance

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, becoming only the second listed building in Burbank after the city's main post office. City officials have noted its frequent use as a filming location.

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