Joseph Morrill Wells of America’s most prestigious architectural firm, McKim, Mead and White of New York City, designed this building in 1886. But not as a government building. The five-story Venetian showplace was the elegant Hotel Russwin when it opened. Constructed mostly of red brick, the lower two floors are set off by a five-bay brownstone arcade. The City of New Britain acquired this magnificent structure in 1909 and has done duty as City Hall ever since.
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