The old city hall was designed by George Hadfield and was finished in 1850. It was the home of the city's court, the city council and mayor until 1871. This building also has history with the end of slavery. In this old city hall a 3 man commission had to come up with the dollar amount of ex slaves to repay their former slave owners. This was Lincolns idea as a way to slowly win over union citizens who had had slaves before the emancipation proclamation. The only place this commission actually worked was in DC. In the front of the old city hall was a statue of Abraham Lincoln serving as the first national monument to the former President.
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