Town Hall
- Architect
- McKim, Mead & White
- Year
- 1921
- City
- Manhattan, NY
Town Hall was built from 1919 to 1921 at 113-123 West 43rd Street, designed by McKim, Mead & White for the League for Political Education. The 1,500-seat auditorium was intended as a venue for speeches, musical recitals, concerts, and film screenings, and both its exterior and interior are New York City landmarks.
the building
The seven-door base. The brick facade with limestone trim rests on a base of seven arched doorways that serve as the venue's entrances, with the upper stories carrying a large limestone plaque, niches, and windows above.
Rectangular lobby. Inside the ground story, a rectangular lobby leads directly into the auditorium, which historically hosted the League for Political Education, the Civic Forum, the Economic Club, and the Town Hall Club in its upper-story offices.
the style
Town Hall was designed in the Georgian Revival style, expressed through its brick facade with limestone trim and a base of seven arched doorways.
the architect
McKim, Mead & White designed Town Hall in 1921 for the League for Political Education.
significance
Town Hall is a New York City Individual Landmark (LP-01011), a National Historic Landmark, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the designation dated November 28, 1978.
nearby
- The Chatwal New York
- Knickerbocker Hotel
- Public School 67
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- W. R. Grace Building
- 30 West 44th Street