New Rochelle City Hall
New Rochelle’s notable city hall
currently stands proud along the
North Avenue, New Rochelle of New
York City, U.S.A. Its first city
hall opened in 1871 along the Main
Street on the 22nd of March 1871,
replacing the original Town Hall.
Then in 1963, a new city hall was
built on what used to be the site of
Albert Leonard High School along
North Avenue. And this is where it
stayed up until this day.
Having reached over 300 years of
existence and governance, the city
of New Rochelle had weathered
a lot of changes over the years.
Beginning with its first
settlers-the Huguenots refugees, who
arrived at the place in 1688 after
fleeing from France, up to the
modern people that make up the
city’s populace today. A
considerable number among the first
settlers, many of whom were
craftsmen and artisans,
came from La Rochelle City in
France. Hence, they appropriately
called their new home “New
Rochelle”, as if giving life anew to
their previous city.
Situated at the southeastern part of
the state of New York in Westchester
County, New Rochelle is an ideal
resident area. It had a total of
73,260 population count in 2007,
putting it at the seventh place
among the largest in all of New
York. New Rochelle was also included
in the 100 Best Walking Cities in
America and came in second to New
York State as the best city in 2008.
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