New Deal funding in the 1930s made possible this mammoth civic building. John O’Malley designed the new city hall in the Art Deco style - unusual for New England - with a soaring central tower that displays the clean lines emblematic of the Art Deco movement. The tower is marked by four splendid concrete eagles. City Hall, now on the National Register of Historic Places, has been restored twice. in the first go-round back in 1974 somehow it was deemed a good idea to cover the 143-foot tower in unsightly yellow brick and strip away the eagles. The most recent restoration put the soaring eagles back in flight and won a preservation award.
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