New City Hall Now Open

New City Hall at 1 Elizabeth Street

You can now conduct your business in the new Derby City Hall at the corner of Main and Elizabeth Street. City officials moved to the new City Hall on Monday and Tuesday May 16 and 17, 2005. City Hall was closed on those two days in order to complete the move. City Hall reopened at 1 Elizabeth Street on Wednesday May 18, 2005.

The offices in the New City Hall will be as follows:

Main Floor Town Clerk Tax Collector Assessor Fire Marshal Building Department Zoning Department City Engineer Public Works Administrative Office Registrar of Voters	Upper Floor Mayor City Clerk / Finance Office Treasurer Chief of Staff Chief Administrative Officer Grant Writer Meeting Rooms
Lower Floor (Not Finished Yet) Board of Education Central Offices

The telephone numbers will be the same. E-mail addresses will be changing at some point in the near future.

Earlier City (& Borough) Halls
Gould's Armory	Sterling Opera House	Fifth Street

Derby's new City Hall was constructed by the Derby Savings Bank and opened with much fan fare at the corner of Elizabeth and Main Streets in 1976. In the frenzy of bank mergers in the '90's, Derby Savings Bank became part of Webster Bank which subsequently sold the building to the city.

Pictured above are some of Derby's earlier government centers dating back to the 1840's when Nathan's Hall (AKA Gould's Armory) hosted civic offices for the Borough of Birmingham. When Ansonia separated from Derby and Derby became incorporated as a city, the government center was the newly constructed Sterling Opera House. In the 1960's, City Hall moved into its sparkling new headquarters on Fifth Street. The building also housed the police station and the Derby Veterans Community Center, which will be the last remaining tenant when the new city hall returns to its historic roots in the central business district.

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New City Hall Now Open

Earlier City (& Borough) Halls