Sydney Town Hall is a Victorian-era civic building at 483 George Street in the Sydney central business district, built in two stages between 1869 and 1890 to designs credited to a succession of architects including John H. Wilson, Edward Bell, Albert Bond, Thomas Sapsford, John Hennessy and George McRae. Built of Sydney sandstone in a Second Empire style inspired by the Hotel de Ville in Paris, the building is capped by a clock tower and mansard roofs and stands on the site of the former Old Sydney Burial Ground, used between 1792 and 1820. Its Centennial Hall seats about 2,535 people and houses the Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ, described as the world's largest pipe organ with tubular pneumatic action, and the building's front steps remain a well known meeting place in the city. It is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register and underwent major renovation in 1991 and 1992.
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The Sydney Town Hall is a late 19th-century heritage-listed town hall building in the city of Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, Australia, housing the chambers of the Lord Mayor of Sydney, council offices, and venues for meetings and functions.
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It was designed by John H. Wilson, Edward Bell, Albert Bond, Thomas Sapsford, John Hennessy and George McRae and built from 1869 to 1889 by Kelly and McLeod, Smith and Bennett, McLeod and Noble, J. Stewart and Co.
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It is located at 483 George Street, in the Sydney central business district opposite the Queen Victoria Building and alongside St Andrew's Cathedral.
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It was designed by John H. Wilson, Edward Bell, Albert Bond, Thomas Sapsford, John Hennessy and George McRae and built from 1869 to 1889 by Kelly and McLeod, Smith and Bennett, McLeod and Noble, J. Stewart and Co. It is also known as Town Hall, Centennial Hall, Main Hall, Peace Hall, Great Hall and Old Burial Ground.
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- Uses Element: Brick, Infobox material field: Sydney sandstone exterior walls;, Brick & plaster internal walls;, Timber, concrete & tile floors;, Timber roof trusses, Steel & wrought iron pi
- Uses Element: Timber, Infobox material field: Sydney sandstone exterior walls;, Brick & plaster internal walls;, Timber, concrete & tile floors;, Timber roof trusses, Steel & wrought iron pi
- Uses Element: Concrete, Infobox material field: Sydney sandstone exterior walls;, Brick & plaster internal walls;, Timber, concrete & tile floors;, Timber roof trusses, Steel & wrought iron pi
- Uses Element: Steel, Infobox material field: Sydney sandstone exterior walls;, Brick & plaster internal walls;, Timber, concrete & tile floors;, Timber roof trusses, Steel & wrought iron pi
- In Style: Victorian Architecture, Infobox style field: Victorian Second Empire;, French Second Empire
- In Style: Second Empire Architecture, Infobox style field: Victorian Second Empire;, French Second Empire
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