City Hall at Columbus, Indiana, is a visually striking structure, famous for its expensive architecture and design. It covers 5575 square meter distributed over 3 floors, sponsored by city's Building Cumulative Fund, Federal revenue sharing monies and earnings of old City Hall. It took $4,500,000 for the physical construction of the building.
City hall was designed by Edward Charles Bassett of SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), in 1981. It is open for tourists, residents, schools and other groups; where one could find art and architecture from ancient era to modern abstract art. One could find decorative art of ancient artists and craftsman in City Hall such as mosaics of the Crump Theatre, Art Deco doors, Pediments of the Bartholomew Court House, the decorative ironwork on fences and Mississippi gingerbread, on many homes. City Hall is a public accessible building through entryway, which has parking at the eastern and southern area of the building.
City Hall has a beautiful architecture, with a wonderful campus which includes trees, hedges and shrubs; making the environment pleasant. On the outside of City Hall, an ancient Roman design inscription is carved on a stone, located towards northeast corner; which is a symbol of enduring craftsmanship.
City Hall has a triangular shape which promotes traditional lawn at the front, and parking and streets at the adjacent to the building. Ground floor of the building has superb plinth with a parking orientation and opening of the Hall, which is mostly occupied by The Security Department. Meeting Hall and Council Chamber is located at the upper floors, along with other departments. Meeting Hall can accommodate approximately 200 visitors and Council Chamber can accommodate 50 visitors. It has circular steps on either end of the gallery with beautiful interior containing art and craft. One could also find glass curtain wall at the front of the building which is semicircle in shape, giving City Hall a complete different look.
