5-603: Fredericksburg Town Hall and Market Square , also known as the Fredericksburg Area Museum , is a historic town hall and public market space located in Fredericksburg, Virginia . It was built between 1814 and 1816, and consists of a two-story, five-bay, rectangular center block with flanking one-story rectangular wings in the Federal style. The brick building has stone steps fanning the front of
10-632: Is exhibiting “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America.” from the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit service. This article about a property in Fredericksburg, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Seat of local government The seat of government is (as defined by Brewer's Politics ) "the building, complex of buildings or
15-557: Is the seat of government; and the Philippines , with Manila as its capital but the metropolitan area of the same name (Metro Manila; also known as National Capital Region (NCR)), is the seat of government. Local and regional authorities usually have a seat, called an administrative centre , as well. Terms for seats of local government of various levels and in various countries include: Examples of seats of government include: There are several countries where, for various reasons,
20-413: The city from which a government exercises its authority ". In most countries, the nation's capital is also seat of its government, thus that city is appropriately referred to as the national seat of government. The terms are not however, completely synonymous, as some countries ' seat of government differs from the capital. The Netherlands , for example, has Amsterdam as its capital but The Hague
25-711: The structure. The building has large sandstone arches in the back that open to the Market Square. Market Square is a paved area that abuts the rear of the building. The building housed city offices until 1982. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It is located in the Fredericksburg Historic District . In 2020, the Fredericksburg Area Museum re-opened after a renovation. It
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