Jakarta City Hall

The Jakarta Governor's office is a typical Indies Empire style structure, with symmetrical classical proportions and rows of Tuscan-order columns at its front elevation.

This city hall, which has been converted into the Jakarta History Museum, was the original administrative center of Batavia.

The growth of Batavia to the southern area of Weltevreden forced many government buildings to relocate their address to the south, including the city hall.

In 1919, the council was relocated again to the current building in Koningsplein Zuid (now Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan no.

[4] During World War II, the building was used for the office of the Jakarta Special City (ジャカルタ特別市, Jakaruta tokubetsu-shi).

The name was changed back to Stad Gemeente Djakarta and remained so until the recognition of the independence of Indonesia on 27 December 1949 by the Dutch Empire.

The office of the High Commissioner of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was then relocated to Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat.

[5] During the tenure of Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the colonial City Hall building at number 8 was opened to the public on 12 September 2015.

The 19th-century Jakarta Governor's office within the complex of Jakarta City Hall was originally used as the office and residence of the Resident of West Java.
The 24-floor Building G looms in the center of this 1980s photograph. The building was first built in 1972 as a pilot project for other highrise building projects in Jakarta.
The interior of the City Hall building at number 8, the Governor's office, was opened to the public during the tenure of Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama .