Medan City Hall

Medan Old City Hall
Medan City Hall, circa 1950

Old Medan City Hall (Indonesian: Balai Kota Lama) is a building located on Jalan Balai Kota (City Hall Street), Medan, North Sumatra.

It was built during the Dutch East Indies era in 1908 by Hulswit & Fermont, and updated in 1923 by Eduard Cuypers (nephew of Pierre Cuypers), architect of other notable colonial buildings in the Indies.[1]

The City Hall is kilometre zero in Medan, and was originally built for De Javasche Bank (now Bank Indonesia), but was instead purchased by the City Council of Medan.[2] Its bell was donated in 1913 from the Tjong A Fie Mansion.

Medan City Hall is now overshadowed by the giant three-skyscraper 'Grand Aston City Hall' hotel-office-retail complex, situated just behind it.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.lintangbuanatours.com/index.php/medan-city-hall.html
  2. ↑ http://www.garuda-indonesia.com/pages/destination-highlight/an-extra-day-to-enjoy-the-old-town-of-medan

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