105 - The Engine Room at City Hall Grand

Preserved Old City Hall is a historic city landmark with a lot of old stories to tell. Eber Culver, one of Williamsport’s foremost architects, designed the five-story building of yellow brick trimmed in stone with molded brick ornamentation and terra cotta columns. Built in 1893, it features two towers: a large rectangular tower and a smaller octagonal tower, both of which have been incorporated into the hotel’s unique design. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Pla The space Until the mid-20th century, Williamsport was a major transfer point between the Reading Railroad, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and New York Central Railroad. Direct passenger services were once provided to many eastern cities, including New York City, Buffalo, Harrisburg, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.