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Wikipedia: Boston's Old City Hall was home to its city council from 1865 to 1969. It was one of the first buildings in the French Second Empire style to be built in the United States and is now one of few remaining. After the building's completion, the Second Empire style was used extensively elsewhere in Boston and for many public buildings in the United States, such as the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. as well as other city halls in Providence, Baltimore and Philadelphia.
![[Franklin statue, ca.1860. Photo by Deloss Barnum]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Statue_of_Franklin_2C_Boston_2C_by_Deloss_Barnum_s.jpg "Franklin statue, ca.1860. Photo by Deloss Barnum")
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![[A courtyard statue.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Old_city_hall_boston_donkey_s.jpg "A courtyard statue.")
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![[Courtyard and entrance - 10/2006]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Old_city_hall_boston_front_s.jpg "Courtyard and entrance - 10/2006")
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![[Old City Hall, c. 1868 in a stereograph view]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BostonOldCityHall_s.jpg "Old City Hall, c. 1868 in a stereograph view")
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