Västerviks rådhus
1793
Neoclassical
city hall
The figures 1793 are set into the facade of Västerviks rådhus on Stora torget, though the building was not finished until 1795. The drawing for it, dated 1791, was made by Ture Wennberg (1759-1818), a conductor at the state board of works…
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- 1793
Thure Wennberg
- 2009
The exterior of the town hall was renovated. Work on the interior was not carried through at the same time and dragged on for years afterwards, with the future use of the building unsettled, so the repaired shell stood ahead of any…
- 2015
The interior was renovated throughout before a local business association and the tourist centre took the building into use in May. The work kept much of the older fabric in place: old board floors survive in many rooms, along with three…
- 2025
Scaffolding went up around the town hall in the autumn so that the upper rows of windows and the roof could be repainted. Repair of the render around the figures 1793 on the facade was raised as a possible part of the same campaign.
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