Huntington City Hall
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| Huntington City Hall | |
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 Huntington City Hall in 2015 | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical architecture |
| Location | 800 5th Ave, Huntington, West Virginia 25701 |
| Coordinates | 38°25′10.56″N 82°26′41.82″W / 38.4196000°N 82.4449500°W |
| Opened | 1915[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Verus T. Ritter[1] |
| Website | |
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The Huntington City Hall is the city hall of Huntington, West Virginia, located next to the Cabell County Public Library.
In 1871, when Huntington was founded,[2] the city used a small building on 4th Avenue as their city hall. Later, a larger red brick building was built on 5th Avenue that also housed their city offices, police department, fire department, and the city jail. In 1887, the county seat of Cabell County changed from Barboursville to Huntington,[3] which led to the county government using their city building until 1901, when the construction of the Cabell County Courthouse was completed.[1]
In 1911, the city of Huntington purchased a piece of land next to the county courthouse on 5th Avenue to construct the Huntington City Hall, using Verus T. Ritter's style of Neoclassical architecture. The building was completed in 1915 and included a 2,500-seat auditorium named The Jean Carlo Stephenson Auditorium.[1][4]
