Medan City Hall
| Medan City Hall | |
|---|---|
|
Balai Kota Lama Gemeentehuis | |
|
Front view, 2015 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | Jl. Balai Kota No. 1 Medan 20112, North Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Construction started | 1908 |
| Owner | Archipelago International |
| Management | Archipelago International |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
Hulswit & Fermont Eduard Cuypers |
Old Medan City Hall is a building located on Jalan Balai Kota (City Hall Street), Medan, North Sumatra.
It was built during the Dutch East Indies era in 1908 by Hulswit & Fermont, and updated in 1923 by Eduard Cuypers (nephew of Pierre Cuypers), architect of other notable colonial buildings in the Indies.[1]
The City Hall is kilometre zero in Medan, and was originally built for De Javasche Bank (now Bank Indonesia), but was instead purchased by the City Council of Medan.[2] Its bell was donated in 1913 from the Tjong A Fie Mansion.
Medan City Hall is now owned and managed by the Grand Aston City Hall hotel-office-retail complex, situated just behind it.
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Old City Hall and De Javasche Bank (now Bank Indonesia)
Medan City Hall, circa 1950
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