Lewisville, TX - City and Town Halls on Waymarking.com

Business hours are Monday-Thursday from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM, and Friday from 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM.

Notable sights here are the fountains and flagpoles that greet visitors who are walking up from Church St. Constructed in 1927 to be the city's first municipal building, "The Old Well House" is just to the southwest of the main entrance. In addition to its having been a water works, it has been used by both the police and fire departments over time, and still serves the city as office space.

At the southwest corner of the property, in front of the "Lewisville City Hall" sign, are the preserved cornerstones from three buildings that once served the city. There was a city hall complex with a post office that were built in 1956, as well as a 1971 building. In 1989, like so many institutions, they moved away from Old Town to a complex that still stands (and which is now an annex) on the west side of I-35E. In 2003, they came back home to this facility which was designed to fit in with the architecture of the remaining buildings along Main Street. Those with sharp eyes can get a good look at City Hall from a distance where I-35E crosses TX 121B.

The city's emblem, of a bird in flight, was inspired by the purple martins that are found in the area, and those who are paying attention can spot lodging constructed for them on the grounds.

The city provides a history on their website:

"Lewisville was formally incorporated after a January 15, 1925, election, but the settlement as a community actually began about 80 years earlier.

In the 1840s, the Republic of Texas gave a grant to the Texas Emigration and Land Company to bring 600 families to what is now Denton County. Each family was to receive 640 acres of land, bachelors receiving 320 acres. By 1846, the necessary families had arrived, and Denton County was formed. The first settlers to the Lewisville area were the families of John and Augustus King, who migrated to the area in 1844. Following their lead, John and James Holford brought several families from Platt, Missouri and settled on the western part of the King land.

Many of the original 'new' buildings were located very near the railroad (later the MKT and now the Union Pacific), but flooding on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River caused those establishments to be moved uphill and west to the area of Mill and Main Streets. A grist mill, constructed near the location of today's Sonic Drive In, firmly anchored the settlement in the new location. By the time of the incorporation election in 1925, the Lewisville community had grown to a population of about 850 residents and was served by five cotton gins and two saloons.

The January 1925 incorporation election marked the beginning of the municipality as we now know it, with a vote of 109-92. County Judge Jackson certified the election of the town's mayor and aldermen March 10, and the first official town meeting was held March 16, 1925. The first ordinances regulated medicine shows and set speed limits for automobiles at 18 mph. The taxable value of property in the newly incorporated town was $779,086.

The population of Lewisville remained stable until the 1940s, building to a total of 1,500 people in 1950. By 1960, the Corps of Engineers had built the Lewisville Lake Dam and U.S. 77 (now IH-35E) was moved west to replace Mill Street as the primary north-south road running between Dallas and Denton. Lewisville’s 1960 population was almost 4,000, and during the late 1960s, Hunt Properties bought and had annexed into Lewisville more than 2,500 acres known as the Lewisville Valley Addition.

The 1970 population had grown to about 9,200 people, but the big boom was just beginning. Home builders discovered a Lewisville eager for growth. Entire neighborhoods were built seemingly overnight, and even with a recession during the last half of the 1970s, Lewisville’s population had blossomed to almost 25,000 by 1980.

The decade of the '80s saw continued residential development, but job growth also began to take off, as Lewisville was identified as an employment center. The 1990 population hit 46,500 people, and at the beginning of the 21st century, Lewisville is now home to almost 90,000 people and 3,600 businesses."

Name: City Hall Address: 151 W Church St Lewisville, TX USA 75057 Date of Construction: 2003 Architect: CSI, Inc./John Peveto, AIA Memorials/Commemorations/Dedications: A veterans memorial stands behind The Old Well House, constructed in 2003 using new components as well as elements of a 1972 memorial that had been placed by the local V.F.W. Web Site for City/Town/Municipality: [Web Link]

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