City Hall

City Hall in Singapore is a national monument that was declared on 14 February 1992. It can be found in front of Padang and adjacent adjacent to the Supreme Court of Singapore. It was designed and built by Singapore City Council architects, A. Gordans and F. D. Meadows between 1926 and 1929. There is a series of stairs that take visitors from the Corinthian colonnade to the main building. The building was built to replace a number of houses built by architect G.D. Coleman designed. 

The town hall was planned and designed by city architect S. D. Meadows, and later was Alexander Gordon, who assumed the position in 1925. The London construction company Perry and Co. (Overseas) Ltd. started operation in 1926 and completed in 1929. Governor Hugh Clifford then officially opened the new Town Hall on 23 July 1929. During World War II, when the Japanese occupied Singapore, they manage civil affairs from City Hall. Political affairs were conducted in the building. In 1943, the leader of the Indian National Army, Subhas Chandra Bose, gathered Japanese support for India's independence from British rule at City Hall. British prisoners of war were gathered in front of the building to march to POW camps such as Changi Prison and Selarang. On September 12, 1945, Japanese general Itagaki surrendered to Lord Mountbatten on the steps of the building that ended World War II in Singapore. In 1951, it was renamed City Hall as it is today to mark the city of Singapore, after it was recognized as a city.

In 1987, the building underwent a major upgrade to accommodate government offices. In 1988, the twelve courtrooms of City Hall were transferred to the Supreme Court. This renovation and restoration work won the 1994 Good Effort Award by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. City Hall is where Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was inaugurated and sworn in as cabinet in 1990. The building has also been used for many government events over the years, it has been used as a venue. hosted the Singapore Biennale , and for the IMF and World Bank meetings when it was held in Singapore in 2006.

In 2015, City Hall, along with the adjoining Old Supreme Court Building, was converted into the National Gallery of Singapore.