City Hall (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
42°22′02″N 71°06′20″W / 42.36712°N 71.10563°W
The Cambridge, Massachusetts City Hall is the
History
The hall was built between 1888 and 1889, and was largely funded through a donation from
Cambridge City Hall houses offices for the city council, the city manager and several municipal departments. In addition to the main building, the city of Cambridge also houses several other departments a couple of city blocks away in the City Hall Annex, located at Broadway and Inman Street.
On May 17, 2004, shortly after midnight, the first legal applications in the United States for marriage licenses for same-sex couples were issued at Cambridge City Hall. At 9:15 a.m. that day, the Cambridge City Clerk began solemnizing same-sex marriages.[3] See same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.
References
- Historic American Buildings Survey, Cambridge City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
- ^ "The Rindge Gifts to the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts". Cambridge, Mass. 1891.
- ^ "Same-sex couples exchange vows in Massachusetts - May 17, 2004". CNN.com. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
External links
Media related to City Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts at Wikimedia Commons- Official page for city of Cambridge
- Datasheet at Towerclocks.org
