Municipal Corporation Building, Thrissur

Municipal Corporation Building, Thrissur
Municipal Corporation Building, Thrissur

Thrissur Municipal Corporation building seen from M.O. Road, Thrissur
General information
Architectural style British architecture style
Town or city Thrissur
Country India
Construction started 7 July, 1932
Completed 1932
Design and construction
Client Thrissur Municipality

The Municipal Corporation Building, Thrissur, is the seat of the Thrissur Municipal Corporation and is situated in the middle of Thrissur city, Kerala, India.

History

Thrissur Municipal Corporation came in to existence in 1921 and the first council was elected near the Paramekkavu Bagavathi Temple pond. In the same year, municipal council decided to shift its office to a two room in the Government Guest house in Shoranur Road. In 1932, July 7, Dewan C.G. Herbert laid the foundation stone for the new municipal building near the Vadakkunnathan Temple. On December 29, then Dewan of Kochi, J.W.U. Bor inaugurated the new municipal building. The building was designed in the British architecture style. The main attraction of the building was Westminster Quarters chiming clock. This was installed by P.OOR Sons in Madras. The clock has a mechanical key system which has to be keyed every day. The clock was made from copper. It was M.R. Menon, then the Chairman of municipality who brought the clock from Madras.[1][2]

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