{{Infobox building | name = Rotterdam City Hall | alternate_names = Stadhuis van Rotterdam | image = Rotterdam stadhuis.jpg | image_alt = | caption = City Hall | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | building_type = Seat of local government | owner = | location = Rotterdam | address = Coolsingel 40 | coordinates = {{coord|51|55|22|N|4|28|47|E|display=inline,title|region:NL_type:landmark_source:nlwiki}} | completion_date = 1920 | architectural_style = Renaissance Revival | architect = Henri Evers }}
'''Rotterdam City Hall''' was built between 1914 and 1920 by {{ill|Henri Evers|nl}}. It is one of the few buildings in the center of Rotterdam that survived the bombing of May 14, 1940.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nieuws.top010.nl/coolsingel-rotterdam|title=Coolsingel Rotterdam geschiedenis|accessdate=13 May 2022|language=Dutch}}</ref> Since 10 October 2000 it has been recognized as a Rijksmonument.
==History== Rotterdam's first city hall stood on Hoogstraat and was housed in an old 14th-century urban boarding house.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.engelfriet.net/Alie/Hans/stadhuis.htm|title=De geschiedenis van het Stadhuis van Rotterdam en het Zandstraatkwartier|language=Dutch|accessdate=13 May 2022}}</ref> However, By the end of the 19th century, the building could no longer accommodate municipal activities, so in 1905 it was decided to build a new building to house the council chamber on Coolsingel. To make room for the new buildings, an entire neighborhood, Zandstraat, where about 2,400 people lived, was demolished.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/111053/het-stadhuis-aan-de-hoogstraat-in-rotterdam|title=Het stadhuis aan de Hoogstraat in Rotterdam|date=9 January 2014|accessdate=13 May 2022|language=Dutch}}</ref>
Architect Henri Evers drew a first draft in 1911 and presented the final design to the city council, which declared it the winner in 1913. There were several controversies regarding Evers' victory both because there was substantial support for the design drawn by {{ill|Willem Kromhout|nl}} and because the mayor at the time, {{ill|Alfred Rudolph Zimmerman|nl}}, had close ties to Evers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rotterdam.nl/tekst:stadhuis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508025624/http://www.rotterdam.nl/tekst:stadhuis|archive-date=8 May 2014|title=Coolsingel 40 - archtiect H.J. Evers - 1912-1920|language=Dutch|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Work began in 1914 but the foundation stone was laid on 15 July 1915 in the presence of Queen Wilhelmina, and the inauguration took place after the work was completed with a special session of the city council on 1 September 1920. The construction cost NLG 2,850,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.architectuurinrotterdam.nl/building.php?buildingid=264|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173130/http://www.architectuurinrotterdam.nl/building.php?buildingid=264|title=Stadhuis|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead|language=Dutch}}</ref>
Following the 1940 bombing, the building remained virtually intact, but the heat surrounding it damaged the structure's concrete.
==Description== thumb|275px|The Burgerzaal The clock tower stands in the center of the main facade on Coolsingel, at the top of the building's central hall, and is 71 meters high. A gold statue depicting an angel, the work of sculptor {{ill|Johan Keller|nl}}, is placed at the top.
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{{Commons category|City hall, Rotterdam}} {{Rijksmonument|513763}}
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