Officials in Prescott, Arizona are trying to find a new purpose for a one-story building that formerly served as the City Hall.
The structure is part of a two-building campus located at 201 to 222 S. Cortez Street in the city’s Downtown Business District.
In April of 2021, members of the Prescott City Council voted in favor of acquiring for $7.5 million a new building in which to house all the city’s administrative offices, freeing up space at the now-former City Hall as well as a second one-story structure down the block.
Now that those offices have nearly all been moved into the new three-story location at 201 N. Montezuma Street, a block to the north, the City is seeking proposals for the sale and redevelopment of the former City Hall building, as well as the second public building on Cortez.
Sitting on a combined site measuring just over one acre, the two structures are both solidly built and have a modern design. The former City Hall structure was completed in 1963 and measures around 20,000 square feet. The second structure was put up in 1977 and has just over 2,100 square feet.
The original City Hall, built at a cost of under $300,000, is a steel frame structure made up of exterior concrete masonry and precast stone panels. The structure was designed by the firm that is today called Olson Kundig Architects.
By Garry Boulard