Location: Opposite Fishing Harbour, One town
Another popular heritage structure in Vizag. Named as “Victoria Diamond Jubilee Town hall”, it was donated by the then Maharaja of Bobbili during British Raj to the city of Vizag to commemorate the British Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee celebrations held in later part of the 19th century. The process of building this edifice started in 1901. Mr. RH Campbell, the then collector of Vizagapatam (the name of Visakhapatnam) opened it for public usage. When it was opened, the first floor was given to Vizagapatam Municipality as its conference hall, while the ground floor was given to Vizagapatam club, one of the oldest in this region.
This grand construction was built in the style of Victorian architecture in a gently-raised area of land. It is a two-storied building with a grand entrance portico and led into by large staircases. The ceiling of the first floor is a huge tiled-roof rising from either side (front and rear) to meet along a straight-line at the center of the top. The balconies exist on three sides, barring the front side, with tiled roofs lowering and overhanging into the outside. Its charm is mostly due to the circular rooms on either side in the rear, roofed in narrow conical style.
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