The Harrisburg City Hall, located at 110 E. Locust St., is the

city hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal hall (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city o ...

serving

Harrisburg Harrisburg ( ; ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat, seat of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County. With a population of 50, ...

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. Built in 1926–27, the building is the city's second city hall. The architectural firm of Harry E. Boyle and Co. designed the building in the

Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...

style. The city hall's entrance is covered by a

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...

extending from the roof; the portico is supported by four large brick columns spanning the height of the building. A band of white concrete encircles the top of the building; this band is topped by a

parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/brea ...

along the roof line. The building continues to house Harrisburg's city government; it also includes several local history displays for visitors to the city. The building was added to the

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on November 12, 1998.

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City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Neoclassical architecture in Illinois Government buildings completed in 1927 Buildings and structures in Saline County, Illinois National Register of Historic Places in Saline County, Illinois {{SalineCountyIL-NRHP-stub