The Town Hall (Code : 047)

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The Town Hall that houses the Asiatic Society of Bombay was colloquially called Tondal in the 19th century.

Largely influenced by Greek and Roman architecture, the heritage structure is 61 metres (200 feet) long and 30 metres (100 feet) deep. Located in the Fort area of South Bombay, it has a portico with eight Doric columns. A flight of 30 steps lead up to the town hall and a wrought iron divided Regency staircase leads to the vestibule.

With its old parquet floors, spiral staircases, wrought iron loggias and exquisite marble statues of forgotten city fathers, the colonnaded Town Hall is perhaps the most regal and elegant of the city’s heritage buildings.