Peabody City Hall - Peabody, Massachusetts

Peabody City Hall is one of the more impressive 19th-century municipal buildings on Boston’s North Shore, and architecturally it is a classic example of the French-inspired Second Empire style that was popular in America after the Civil War.

The building was completed in 1883 as Peabody’s Town Hall, before the town officially became a city in 1916. It was designed by architect Rufus Sargent of Newburyport.

Architecturally, the building’s most recognizable Second Empire features are:

• The steep marsard roof

• Corner pavilion/turret elements

• Red brick with granite trim

• Tall arched windows

• Symmetrical civic composition