City Hall, the first building to hold all the city’s offices
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Tyler City Hall at 212 North Bonner Avenue, completed in 1938, was the first building to house all of the city’s administrative offices, which had been scattered among commercial buildings downtown.
Shirley Simons Sr. designed it, and A.M. Campbell & Company built it for $87,434 with a 1938 Public Works Administration grant.
Note
The city’s National Register documentation calls it “the 1937-38 Tyler City Hall,” and the downtown nomination says it was completed in 1938 in one place and built in 1939 in another.
Sources
- National Register nomination: Tyler Downtown Historic District (listed 2022; THC Atlas)atlas.thc.texas.gov
Tyler City Hall represents the first building in Tyler to house all the city's administrative functions.
The 1938 edifice is located at 212 North Bonner Avenue.
A 1938 Public Works Administration grant helped fund the construction of the new City Hall building. Shirley Simons, Sr. designed the edifice
the City awarded the contract to the lowest bidder, A.M. Campbell & Company, for $87,434.
Tyler City Hall represents the first building in Tyler to house all the city’s administrative functions.
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