Old City Hall

4 Крисси Вьери - 3 years ago

The Old Medan City Hall was built in 1908 during the Dutch colonial period. The building was designed by C. Boon, an architect for the Deli Group.

The City Hall is kilometre zero in Medan, and was originally built for De Javasche Bank (now Bank Indonesia), but was instead purchased by the City Council of Medan. Its bell was donated in 1913 from the Tjong A Fie Mansion.

Medan City Hall is now owned and managed by the Grand Aston City Hall hotel-office-retail complex, situated just behind it.

5 Hendy Tandella - 5 years ago

Good historical area at Medan

5 Vitorio Daud Ariel Sihombing - 3 years ago

(Translated by Google) Based on historical records, the old town hall was formerly known as Gemeentehuis which was built in 1908 with the results of the design of the Hulswit Architect Bureau. In 1913, the building underwent the addition of a large wall clock affixed to the upper part of the building to help Chinese businessman Tjong A Fie who could then make a carillon sound. Then, in 1923, this building underwent a renovation.

The Old City Hall was abandoned when the New City Hall Building was built in 1990. But after the Grand Aston Hotel was built behind it, the building was retained in shape and even maintained and could be used as a support for the hotel even though its ownership was still in the City Government ( City Government) Medan.

It is said that this building at the time of independence was recorded by twelve mayors with offices in the building, starting from Luat Siregar (1945) to the last, H. Agus Salim Rangkuty (1990). Even though the building is more than a hundred years old, it still physically exudes its elegant and antique charm. While historically, this building has been designated as a cultural heritage building (BCB) based on the Law on Cultural Heritage Number 10 of 2010 and the Regional Regulation (Perda) of Medan City Number 2 of 2012

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Berdasarkan catatan sejarah yang ada, gedung balai kota lama ini dulu dikenal dengan Gemeentehuis yang dibangun pada tahun 1908 dengan hasil rancangan Biro Arsitek Hulswit. Pada tahun 1913, gedung ini mengalami penambahan berupa jam dinding besar yang ditempelkan di bagian atas bangunan bantuan pengusaha China Tjong A Fie yang saat itu dapat mengeluarkan bunyi carillon. Lalu, pada tahun 1923, gedung ini kembali mengalami renovasi.

Gedung Balai Kota Lama ini sempat terbengkelai ketika Gedung Balai Kota Baru mulai dibangun pada tahun 1990. Namun setelah di belakangnya dibangun Grand Aston Hotel, bangunan tersebut tetap dipertahankan bentuknya dan malah terawat serta boleh digunakan sebagai penunjang hotel tersebut kendati kepemilikannya masih berada di Pemerintah Kota (Pemkot) Medan.

Konon, bangunan ini pada zaman kemerdekaan dulu tercatat ada dua belas walikota yang berkantor di gedung tersebut, mulai dari Luat Siregar (1945) hingga yang terakhir, H. Agus Salim Rangkuty (1990). Meskipun bangunan tersebut telah berusia ratusan tahun lebih, akan tetapi secara fisik masih memancarkan pesonanya yang anggun dan antik. Sedangkan secara kesejarahannya, gedung ini telah ditetapkan sebagai bangunan cagar budaya (BCB) berdasarkan UU Cagar Budaya Nomor 10 Tahun 2010 dan Peraturan Daerah (Perda) Kota Medan Nomor 2 Tahun 2012

5 Thecute Wild - 2 years ago

(Translated by Google) This building is quite old. It is a historical heritage building and the office of the Mayor of Medan during the Dutch Colonial Government. This building was poorly maintained before it was managed by Grand Aston. Now it is very beautiful after its management was taken over by the Grand Aston Hotel. But now this place is no longer open to the public. General visitors can only enjoy the beauty of this building from outside or from Merdeka Square.

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Bangunan ini sudah cukup tua. Merupakan bangunan peninggalan bersejarah dan kantor Walikota Medan pada zaman Pemerintahan Kolonial Belanda. Dulu bangunan ini kurang terawat sebelum dikelola oleh Grand Aston. Sekarang sangat cantik setelah pengelolaannya diambil alih pihak Hotel Grand Aston. Namun sekarang tempat ini tidak lagi terbuka untuk umum. Pengunjung umum hanya bisa menikmati keindahan bangunan ini dari luar atau dari Lapangan Merdeka.

5 Prasetyo Budi Widagdo - 4 years ago

(Translated by Google) Medan Old City Hall Building is a colonial building located on Jalan Balai Kota, Medan, North Sumatra.

This building was built during the Dutch East Indies era in 1908 by Hulswit u0026 Fermont and renovated in 1923 by Eduard Cuypers (cousin of Pierre Cuypers), architect of other famous colonial buildings in the Dutch East Indies.

The City Hall building is zero kilometers in Medan. This building was originally built for De Javasche Bank (now Bank Indonesia), then bought by the Medan city government. The bell was donated by Tjong A Fie's house in 1913.

The City Hall building is now part of the Grand Aston City Hall Medan hotel and office complex, and now functions as a restaurant.

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Gedung Balai Kota Lama Medan adalah bangunan kolonial yang terletak di Jalan Balai Kota, Medan, Sumatera Utara.

Gedung ini dibangun pada masa Hindia Belanda tahun 1908 oleh Hulswit u0026 Fermont dan direnovasi tahun 1923 oleh Eduard Cuypers (sepupu Pierre Cuypers), arsitek bangunan kolonial ternama lainnya di Hindia Belanda.

Gedung Balai Kota merupakan kilometer nol di Medan. Gedung ini awalnya dibangun untuk De Javasche Bank (sekarang Bank Indonesia), lalu dibeli oleh pemerintah kota Medan. Loncengnya disumbangkan oleh Rumah Tjong A Fie pada tahun 1913.

Gedung Balai Kota ini kini menjadi bagian dari kompleks hotel dan perkantoran Grand Aston City Hall Medan, dan kini difungsikan sebagai restoran.

5 rizky hermawan - 4 years ago

(Translated by Google) This building used to be part of the Bank Indonesia building next door, then, perhaps, became the city hall during the colonial period, so it is also located at the zero point of the City. One of the remaining colonial buildings that is still standing or has the very good fortune to stand because it is still standing intact in the Kesawan area which is full of old buildings which are now not fully intact or have almost collapsed like the Het Warenhuis building behind the PT. Lonsum. The old town hall is now the foyer of the Grand Aston Hotel.

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Bangunan ini dulunya adalah bagian dari bangunan Bank Indonesia yang ada di sebelahnya, lalu, mungkin, menjadi balaikota ketika masa kolonial karenanya ia juga terletak di titik nol Kota. Salah satu bangunan sisa kolonial yang masih atau bernasib sangat bagus berdiri karena masih berdiri utuh di kawasan Kesawan yang penuh bangunan lama yang sekarang tidak sepenuhnya utuh atau sudah hampir runtuh seperti bangunan Het Warenhuis di belakang gedung PT. Lonsum. Balaikota lama ini sekarang menjadi foyer Hotel Grand Aston.

5 Rudi Chandra Sambas - 4 years ago

(Translated by Google) The Old Town Hall building is one of the Dutch heritage buildings in Medan City. This building used to be the Medan City Hall office and is now part of the Grand Aston Hotel.

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Bangunan Balai Kota Lama adalah salah satu bangunan peninggalan Belanda di Kota Medan. Gedung ini dulunya merupakan kantor Balai Kota Medan dan saat ini menjadi bagian dari Hotel Grand Aston.