Address
301 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Alexandria, VA 22314
Hours of Operation
City Hall is generally open Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., except City holidays. City Hall is also open on many evenings for public meetings. If you are coming to City Hall to pay a bill, please note that the City offers many other ways to pay.
City Hall is generally open Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., except City holidays. City Hall is also open on many evenings for public meetings. If you are coming to City Hall to pay a bill, please note that the City offers many other ways to pay.
Alexandria City Hall was erected on the site designated for the market and city hall when Alexandria was founded in 1749. The tall, steepled tower, which contrasts with the building's Second Empire-style massing and detailing, is a reconstruction of a tower designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe that was part of Alexandria's 1817 town hall. That hall burned in 1871, necessitating construction of the current building, designed by Adolph Cluss, a locally prominent architect who had designed the U.S. Department of Agriculture building in 1869 and Washington's Central Market in 1870. The new City Hall was U-shaped around a central courtyard. Originally, City Hall also housed the Masonic Lodge, court facility, and police and fire stations. Markets Stalls were located on the first floors of the west and north wings and in the courtyard. Today, only City offices remain. On the southern half of the City Hall block is a plaza completed in 1967. Through the years, the City Hall building has undergone several interior and exterior alterations. In the late 1940s, some interior renovation took place. In 1960-61, an addition was built on City Hall, filling in the old courtyard. The building was reoriented toward the south with the new entrance facing King Street and Market Square, an open, landscape plaza with central fountain, completed in 1967 as part of the Gadsby Commercial Urban Renewal Project. Beginning in 1981, the building was renovated to link the 1871 building and the 1961 addition with new elevators, stairs and corridors. The current City Hall building houses many of the City government offices, including the second floor City Council Chambers.
City Hall Renovation Project
After many years of service, major updates are needed throughout City Hall to repair aging building components, improve operating systems, optimize space utilization, improve building circulation and wayfinding, and enhance security. The City Hall Renovation Project will provide a revitalized safe, and sustainable environment to better serve City staff, Alexandria residents, and visitors well into the future.