Gold Dome on Savannah's City Hall

by Carla Parris

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Gold Dome on Savannah's City Hall

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Carla Parris

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Photograph - Digital Photograph

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GOLD DOME ON SAVANNAH'S CITY HALL is a digital photograph by Carla Parris.

Savannah is the oldest city in the southern state of Georgia. Its City Hall is located on Yamacraw Bluff, overlooking the Savannah River, at the place where General Oglethorpe landed in 1733 with a group of colonists who established the city of Savannah, the first state capital of Georgia, and the thirteenth English colony.

Savannah's City Hall was built in 1905, at the intersection of Bay Street and Bull Street, on the site previously occupied by the 1799 City Exchange. It is a distinctive Renaissance Revival structure of granite and limestone with a clock tower topped with a gold dome and a large American flag.

Interestingly, the building’s iconic gold dome was originally copper. It was not until 1987 that 23-karat gold leaf was applied to the dome, the cupola, and the clock hands.

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November 22nd, 2015

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