Ripon Building

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Ripon Building is a historic white Indo-Saracenic-style civic building in Chennai, India, renowned as one of the city’s prominent colonial-era landmarks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
civic building
heritage structure
architect G. S. T. Harris
architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
builtBy Government of Madras Presidency
surface form: Madras Presidency government
category Buildings and structures in Chennai
City and town halls in India
clockTowerHeight 43 metres
approximately 141 feet
color white
constructionStartDate 1909
country India
engineer L. L. Crump
floorArea about 2.5 acres
function municipal corporation headquarters
seat of the Greater Chennai Corporation
governingBody Greater Chennai Corporation
hasClock Westminster chimes clock
hasClockTower true
hasColonnade true
hasFeature arched verandahs
central tower with clock
high ceilings
ornamental pilasters
hasPortico true
heritageDesignation Grade I heritage building (local listing)
heritageStatus colonial-era landmark of Chennai
inaugurationDate 1913
locatedInCity Chennai
locatedInRegion South India
locatedInState Tamil Nadu
locatedNear Chennai Central railway station
locatedOn Poonamallee High Road
majorRenovationPeriod 2010s
materialUsed brick
lime mortar
plaster
namedAfter George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
surface form: George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon

George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
surface form: Lord Ripon
notableFor Indo-Saracenic architectural style
prominent colonial-era landmark in Chennai
numberOfStoreys three
regionOfSignificance Madras Presidency
surface form: Madras Presidency (historical)
roofType sloping roof with dormer windows
underwentRenovation yes
usedFor administrative offices of Chennai civic body
yearCompleted 1913

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Park Town hasLandmark Ripon Building
Chennai Central Metro locatedNear Ripon Building