City+Hall

==**//Geelong citizens quietly celebrated the opening of the completed city hall on June 7 1917. Work began on the hall in the 1850’s, but because of a lack of funds only the southern wing was completed. At the beginning there was an uproar over the best site for such an important building. In 1914 there was a vote among Geelong on whether the council would purchase the old Geelong Grammar school buildings.//**== ==**//For an hour the building was very crowded as the visitors past from one room to another. The inspection was most thorough; everything was in first class order and the building was then declared open.//**==