City Hall Medan (Gedung Balai Kota Medan)
City Hall Medan is the old City Hall is located at Jalan Medan is the pride of the citizens.
The Old City Hall building with European architecture, which was built in 1906 by an architect named Hulswit, still stands tall in the middle of tall buildings in the city of Medan.
Information about Medan Old City Hall Building
The Medan Old City Hall building is a colonial building located on Jalan Medan City Hall, North Sumatra.
This building was built during the Dutch East Indies era in 1908 by Hulswit & Fermont and renovated in 1923 by Eduard Cuypers (Pierre Cuypers cousin), another famous colonial architect of buildings in the Dutch East Indies.
The City Hall building is kilometer zero in Medan. This building was originally built for De Javasche Bank (now Bank Indonesia), then purchased by the Medan city government.[2] The bell was donated by the Tjong A Fie House in 1913.
The City Hall building is now part of the hotel and serviced apartment complex Grand City Hall Hotel, and is now functioning as a cafe.
Why not! It is precisely this building age-old, one hundred and ten years if calculated since it was built in 1900 by the Bureau of Architects Hulswit, also a historic building. The building is elegant and antique look is one of the main European-style buildings in the ancient city of Medan.
Hystory of Medan Old City Hall Building
The Old City Hall building was built in 1906 by the Architectural Consultants' office Hulswit and Fermont Weltevreden in collaboration with the consultant Ed Cuypers from Amsterdam.
This building is adjacent to the Bank Indonesia building, and was originally designated as the Javasche Bank office.
However, this building was later purchased by the Medan City Council, as their office space.
Since then the area around the City Hall building has become the center of trade and settlement activities for Europeans who work as plantation workers and entrepreneurs.
The Medan City Council was formed in 1909 and the majority of its members are Europeans.
Along with the development of Medan City, in 1917 the City Council opened opportunities for natives, Chinese and Indians to become council members.
In 1918 Baron Mackay was elected as the first Mayor of Medan and it was he who used the City Hall Building for the first time.
In the same year a vote was also held to elect representatives of the natives and Chinese.
Raja Gunung and Muhammad Syaaf were elected to the City Council, representing indigenous people and Tan Boen An for ethnic Chinese.
In 1913, a Chinese businessman named Tjong A Fie donated a large clock made by the Van Bergen Firm to be installed in the City Hall dome.
In 1923, the building was refurbished by Hulswit and Fermont Weltevreden and Ed Cuypers from Amsterdam.
However, at present this building is not allowed to be renovated, except for building maintenance for painting the walls of the City Hall.
This is because the building is one of the cultural heritage buildings in the city of Medan.
Whatever the story that the old City Hall building is a witness to history. This means that the building has a long history that can not be ignored. It can not be denied, and this reality. Have had the time of the exchange, since its founding in the Dutch colonial era, the era of Japanese military occupation, the early days of the Revolution of Independence, up until now.
At the time of independence there are twelve mayors office in the City Hall, commencing the first mayor in 1945 until the last Mr.Luat Siregar office there in 1990 H.Agus Rangkuty Salim. And after the new City Hall was completed and inaugurated by the Minister of the Interior Rudini March 20, 1990, before the age of 400 years of Medan, the old City Hall building were abandoned, not cared for, it is very worrying.
It was only when there is Medan mayor's discretion to give investors an opportunity to build a hotel behind the old City Hall building, with a record of the building was not demolished and remain the property of Pemko Medan, looks radiant again.
The investor is only given the right care for, manage and utilize the old building. Many community leaders, culture and history, the press and others to give advice to the old City Hall building that used to be able to attract both domestic and from abroad.
This means that the building could become a center of information about the city of Medan and surrounding areas from the beginning until now.
FUNCTION
Previously this building was used as a gathering place for Dutch officials.
However, after Indonesia's independence, this building was used as a tourist spot.
Since the Dutch abandoned this building, it has been poorly maintained.
However, in the end this building was tidied up again by several investors.
This building then functioned as a tourist spot and occasionally became a meeting place for state officials and the surrounding area.
OPERATIONAL HOURS AND TICKET PRICE
Operational hour
The Old City Hall building is open daily from 08.00-17.00 WIB.
Ticket price
Visitors who come to this area are not charged a ticket (free). (4)
LOCATION Of Medan Old City Hall Building
City Hall Street No. 2 Kesawan, Kec. West Medan, Medan City, North Sumatra. (5)
You must Go..!
European classical architecture looks strong in this city hall building. Dominated by white, this building looks so elegant and elegant.
It is not surprising that the Medan City Hall Building is in great demand from visitors. Not only visitors from the city of Medan, but also tourists who come from outside the city of Medan, even from abroad.
"Every time you go to Medan, you must stop by while hanging out at the City Hall building. It's a cool place to hang out," said a tourist from Jakarta, M Sofyan, Monday (11/26/2018).
Understandably, the Medan City Hall Building is now managed by a five-star hotel management, Grand Aston City Hall Medan which is right behind the Medan City Hall Building.
As a visitor attraction, beside the entrance there is a tall Greek pillar. Meanwhile, the windows use typical Roman arches. On the roof of the building there is also a clock tower which is still functioning properly.
Previously this building was a meeting hall for Dutch officials. After the independence era, from 1945 during the time of Mayor Luat Siregar until the time of Mayor Haji Agus Salim Rangkuty, this building was used as the Medan City Hall building until the completion of the new mayor's office building.
After that this building was abandoned and abandoned. Until a decade later, investors were interested in building a hotel behind the town hall building and the town hall building into a cafeteria.
In addition, the Medan City Hall Building is also in great demand by visitors for selfies. Yes, the Medan City Hall Building has increased the number of photo spot locations for tourists.
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