To spot the Old City Hall, just look for an impressive yellow brick building with a tall, rectangular tower to the left and a smaller, octagonal tower-kind of like two turrets from a fairy tale castle, right in the middle of town!
Now, imagine it’s 1894 and the streets of Williamsport are bustling with the sound of horse hooves and carriage wheels as city leaders march into this brand new, four-story masterpiece. Built from cheery yellow bricks trimmed with stone, this city hall dazzled locals with its fancy molded brick decorations and those eye-catching terra cotta columns-talk about showing off! The Late Victorian charm blended with Romanesque Revival style, and as if one tower wasn’t enough, they threw in a giant rectangular tower and a smaller octagonal one for good measure. Before you stands the command center where all the big decisions were made, the epicenter of community debates, and probably the site where more than one mayor spilled coffee on those beautiful stone steps. In 1976, folks decided it was too special to lose, so the building was tucked safely onto the National Register of Historic Places-like a historic VIP club for old buildings! So breathe in the history, and who knows, maybe you’ll hear the echoes of a city council argument floating down from that tall tower!
