Philadelphia City Hall

Philadelphia City Hall, the largest municipal building in the United States, was built from 1871 to 1901. Its architect was John Mc Arthur, Jr., who was born in Bladneck-on-Wigtown Bay, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, in 1823 and died in Philadelphia in 1890. William Struthers, born in Irving, Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1812 and died in Philadelphia in 1876, served as mason and contractor. Alexander Milne Calder, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1846 and died in Philadelphia in 1923, was the sculptor of the William Penn statue, statuary carvings, and memorial to the architect.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States