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History of Watertown,
Wisconsin
City Hall
112 N
First
1890
City Hall, Weltburger, 06 07 1890, drawing
1897c
City
Hall 1897c, 112 N First, WHS_005_262
1900c
City Hall 1900c,
112 N First, WHS_005_127
City Hall 1910c, 112 N First,
PC_342
1908
07 10 Emil Sette was awarded the contract for
laying linoleum on the 3d floor of the City Hall, the price being $201 WG
11 13 Justices of the Peace allowed to
occupy the third floor of city hall for the purpose of holding court,
conducting examination and trials WG
1910
04 22 Emil Luther, Janitor City Hall
1952
07 11 Veterans
honor roll; location proposed in City Hall
WDT
1957
09 07 The
City Council expects shortly to take up the question of what can be done to
relieve congestion at the City Hall which has long been cramped for
quarters. The building was erected in
1884 and some departments, which have grown vastly in work and scope are still occupying their original quarters with no
place in which to expand. One such is
the Police Department. Over the years
there has frequently been discussion on the subject of a new
City Hall or some program whereby present departments can expand into space
they need to operate efficiently.
Several times it was suggested that a new jail and fire station be built
and that those quarters be utilized for needed office space for other
departments. But these discussions were
never put into action and as a result nothing was done to relieve the
situation. WDT
10 12 Data
on basic requirements for better facilities at the City Hall has been turned
over to the architectural firm of Durant and Bergquist,
now making a survey to determine what are the best methods to relieve the
growing congestion and inadequacy of the present City Hall quarters. City Manager C. C. Congdon
has met with a representative of the architects and has given him information
regarding present space occupied by the various departments and the needs for
greater efficiency and expanding use of the building. WDT
12 13 Several
alternate proposals for solving the present City Hall space problem to provide
better and much needed facilities for city departments are due to be included
in a report which the architectural firm of Durrant
and Bergquist is preparing. One proposal would call for a new City Hall, designed to cover a long range building
project. Another would propose changes
in the present building and provide whatever outside space is needed to better
house present departments, either by moving such departments into other office
space in the city or start construction of a first unit for a future new City
Hall. WDT
1958
01 16 Old Armory Building, now the Recreation
Building, proposed new City Hall site
WDT
09 15 Carlton Hotel offered to the city of Watertown
as a site for a future City Hall or municipal building WDT
09 27 Safety conditions at City Hall; special
emphasis on the Fire Department's quarters
WDT
1961
03 03 Sub-Standard Condition of Police and Jail Quarters
The city council which is currently involved in a long standing hassle over plans to provide new police department and jail facilities got another warning - a stern one and one that may well be final - from the state last night relative to the present and long-standing sub-standard condition of police department and jail quarters housed in the city hall - the same space and quarters the department has been forced to occupy since the present city hall was built in 1884. Last night's warning, by letter and signed by V.A. Verhulst, representing the division of corrections, Wisconsin State Department of Public Welfare, was the latest in a series of proddings by the state that the city do something to clear up the jail issue without further delay. WDT
Cross
References:
City Hall Constructed by Christian Schmutzler
City Hall After new street lights installed
I’m researching a Wisconsin architect
named Edward Townsend Mix. He was State
architect in the 1860's.
There was an article concerning
Watertown in a Milwaukee paper dated 1884 --Here’s the article:
" April 20, 1884 9/3
City Hall Plans—There's
desire among many of the citizens to have architect Mix of Milw
draw the plans of the new city hall building WATERTOWN."
The building is from the Coch plan ...... Feld collection, WR 07 02 1884.
