Hutchinson City Hall stood at the corner of Washington Avenue and Franklin Street as a multipurpose civic building housing municipal offices, the police and fire department, a courtroom, an auditorium with a stage, and the city's first elegant ladies public restroom. Built by Madison Bros. of Minneapolis for $15,000, designed by E.C. Bell, and dedicated on January 1, 1915, it was a point of pride for Hutchinson. Its cupola held the bell that summoned firefighters and sounded the 10 p.m. curfew. After the fire department moved to new quarters in 1961, the bell was placed at the Fire Station at Third Avenue and Jefferson Street. The City Hall was demolished in 1994, but Ron Black, son of former Mayor D.J. Black, rescued the cupola from destruction. The Hutchinson Woman's Club, led by Elaine Black, then spearheaded its renovation and preservation as a cherished piece of Hutchinson's history and placed it here to honor the dedicated public officials who served the community. The Woman's Club of Hutchinson, organized in 1911 as the city's oldest women's organization, sponsored many community improvement projects, made the cupola restoration its 1998 project, and is affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs, an international organization identified as the oldest and largest volunteer organization in the world.