City Hall Philadelphia Touring - The Largest, Tallest and Most Expensive of All City Halls in the US

The City Hall in Philadelphia is one of the tallest cities in the city and also in the entire state of Pennsylvania. It has been honored as being second tallest masonry building in the world. It is completely supported by granites as opposed to the other tall buildings which are supported by steel. Limestone, granite and marble are the main building blocks of the Philadelphia City Hall. The building is 167 meters tall with 9 floors and over 700 rooms.

The building has quite a decent history associated with it, as it was built between the years 1871 and 1901 for a cost of almost $24 million. It enjoyed the honor of being the tallest building in the world during those times. It is considered an historic building due to its unique structure.

The visitors can tour the building, which now operates as a government legislature building for a nominal price of $10 for adults and $8 for kids and students. The tour has a guide, who tells the visitors all about the past of the building and its main architects i.e. William Penn.

The tour takes the visitors into the different rooms of the building through the neat, clean and wide staircases. This tour ends at the top of the building from where one can see almost the entire Philly. The top also has a statue of William Penn which is crafted out of bronze.

In case one is just interested in visiting the top, which happens to be the most exciting part of the building, taking a tour of the top would suffice. This tour would cost only $5 and is open only between 12-4 pm on weekdays.