Full metadata
Title
Town Hall, Saigon
The People Committee's Hall
Hotel de Ville
Date Created
1942 to 1962
Contributors
- Palgen-Maissoneuve, Mimi, 1918-1995 (Photographer)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
1 image
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.11034
Preferred Citation
Preliminary Inventory of the Center for Asian Research Records (1966-2006). MimiJac Palgen Memorial Collection (1995). 2007-04146. University Archives. ASU Library, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/asianresearch_ac…
Note
ASU Libraries undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collections. If you can identify a landmark or person please send details to: digitalrepository@asu.edu, opens in a new window. Thank you for helping describe and caption this important historical image.
Information about the beginning date of the object depicted in the image: 1898
Information about the completion date of the object depicted in the image: c. 1908
The municipal council in Saigon had voted to build a city hall in 1871, replacing the Chinese mansion they had been using for the last five years. The original plan of the artchitect Pierre Codry was declared too costly, and construction was delayed until 1898, following the new plan of Fernand Gardes. Further problems delayed the completion of the building until ten years later. Due to the high costs of its construction, the building aroused controversy, and received criticism for its design, although it was essentially a replica of the Hotel de Ville in Paris that had been burned down by Communards in 1871. Today the building is used as the People's Committee Hall.
Source for information about the object depicted in the image: Wright, Gwendolyn. The Politics of Design in French Colonial Urbanism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
To request permission to publish please complete the form located at the Department of Archives and Special Collections web site: http://hdl.handle.net/2286/7f5bakntwx1, opens in a new window.
System Created
- 2011-10-07 05:57:50
System Modified
- 2021-08-24 09:45:30
- 2 years 8 months ago
Additional Formats