Note 206 — CHAPTER 9 SECOND EMPIRE AND COGNATE MODES ELSEWHERE
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The design derives from the results of a competition held in 1876. Of the nine architects involved in the execution of the building, Grotjan, Lamprecht, Robertson, and Martin Haller (1835-1925) had won prizes in the competition. The tower is attributed specifically to the last and sometimes, more loosely, the whole structure.