government building

C204
concept

A government building is a structure owned or used by a public authority to house offices, services, and functions related to the administration and governance of a city, region, or country.

All labels observed (129)

Label Occurrences
government building canonical 1,603
city hall 579
municipal building 534

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: government building
Generated description
A government building is a structure owned or used by a public authority to house offices, services, and functions related to the administration and governance of a city, region, or country.

Instances (4,037)

Instance Via concept surface
San Francisco City Hall city hall
Guelph City Hall city hall
Capitol building (colonial)
Belmont Center Historic District civic center
Littleton Town Hall town hall
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
surface form: Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
federal office building
County Hall, Preston municipal building
Palace of the Argentine National Congress parliament building
Royal Hashemite Court compound government complex
Palácio do Jaburu
National Parliament building in Dili parliament building
Hôtel de Brienne, Paris
surface form: Hôtel de Brienne
United States Capitol for Senate duties legislative building area
Dracut Center civic center
Lawrence City Hall city hall
Grantham Guildhall civic building
Office of Presidential Personnel White House office
Norfolk County Courthouse county courthouse
John Adams Building Library of Congress building
Pakistan Army General Headquarters (GHQ)
surface form: Pakistan Army General Headquarters
Jubilee House presidential palace
Supreme Court Building, Islamabad
Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad
European Parliament (Strasbourg seat) legislative building complex
St. Louis city courthouse
James Madison Memorial Building federal government building
Preußischer Landtag building parliament building
St. Louis City Hall city hall
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building federal office building
NA
surface form: National Assembly of Pakistan
house of parliament
Rochdale Town Hall town hall
Washington County Courthouse
surface form: Washington County Courthouse (Hillsboro, Oregon)
county courthouse
Capitol Complex
surface form: Capitol Complex, Chandigarh
government complex
Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential palace
Presidential Palace, Tehran
National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania
surface form: Philadelphia City Hall
city hall
Tel Aviv-Yafo City Hall city hall
Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio
surface form: Cuyahoga County Courthouse
Thame Town Hall municipal building
Montana State Capitol state capitol building
Montgomery County Courthouse
209 Joralemon Street
surface form: Brooklyn Borough Hall
Shanghai Municipal Government building
Suffolk County Courthouse judicial building
Ministry of Health building government office building
Palacio de Justicia de la Nación
Het Torentje government office building
Office of the Staff Secretary White House office
Cologne City Hall city hall
Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. federal building