Rochester City Hall is a historic government building in

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. Also known as the Federal Building and Old Post Office, the building was originally built for use by the federal government. It is a four-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style structure with an inner court and tower. It was built between 1885 and 1889 of heavy brown

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with a metal skeleton. It was expanded in 1893 and in 1907. The building was designed in part by architect

Harvey Ellis Harvey Ellis (October 17, 1852, Rochester, New York – January 2, 1904, Syracuse, New York) was an architect, perspective renderer, painter and furniture designer. He worked in Rochester, New York; Utica, New York; St. Paul, Minnesota; Minneap ...

under the

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. The building has served as the City Hall since the 1970s. It was listed on the

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in 1972. Federal offices in Rochester, the Kenneth B. Keating Federal Building, and the United States Court House are located across the street at 100 State Street. File:CityHallAnnexRochesterNewYork.JPG, City Hall annex File:FederalBuildingRochesterNewYorkEntrance.JPG, Entrance File:FederalBuildingRochesterNewYorkTower.JPG, Tower File:FederalBuildingRochesterNewYorkSouthSideFirstStoryGrotesqueA.JPG,

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Rochester City Hall photo tour
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