Liverpool Town Hall,Liverpool,England.
- by Adi Little
- 2017-10-01
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The first recorded town hall in Liverpool was in 1515 and it was probably a thatched build
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Building of the present town hall began in 1749 which is grade 1 listed.
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its foundation stone was laid on 14 Sept 1749.It was completed and opened in 1754.
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..Following a fire in 1795 the hall was largely rebuilt and a dome as we see it now.
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The last act of the American Civil War was when Captain Waddel.in Nov 1865.
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walked up the steps of the town hall with a letter to present to the mayor
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surrendering his vessel, the CSS Shenandoah.to the british government
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In 1881 an attempt to blow up the town hall by the Fenians was aborted.
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In 1899–1900 the portico on the south face was rebuilt and extended,
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In 1921 on the ground floor was made into the Hall of Remembrance to commemorate WW1.
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Part of the building was damaged in the Liverpool Blitz of 1941.
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; this restored after the end of the Second World War.
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Between 2014 and 2015 the exterior of the building was renovated as part of a £400,000.