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Coordinates:22°34′17.5″N88°20′41″E / 22.571528°N 88.34472°E /22.571528; 88.34472

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Building in Kolkata, India

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Metcalfe Hall
Metcalfe Hall in 1905
Interactive map of the Metcalfe Hall area
Etymology	Sir Charles T. Metcalfe
General information
Architectural style	neoclassical,Greek revival
Location	Kolkata,West Bengal,India
Completed	1844

Metcalfe Hall is a heritage building situated inKolkata,India, at the junction of Strand Road and Hare Street in the heart of the city's business district. The architecture is reflective of the British imperialarchitecture at the middle of the nineteenth century, and visually similar toancient Greek temples. It was built between 1840 and 1844 according to the design prepared by the city magistrate, C.K. Robinson and named afterSir Charles T. Metcalfe, theGovernor-General ofIndia, in honour of his efforts towards a free press. The building faces theHooghly River on the West.

History

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Initially, the building housed the Calcutta Public Library collection, formed by Lord Metcalf, then the Governor General, who transferred 4,675 volumes from the library of the College of Fort William. These volumes and donations of books from individuals formed the nucleus of the library, which was created under private auspices.Dwarkanath Tagore was the first proprietor of Calcutta Public Library.^[1] Presently, the ground floor houses theAsiatic Society's rare foreignjournals andmanuscripts section,^[2] while the first floor houses offices, exhibition galleries and a sales counter of theArchaeological Survey of India.

Architecture

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The main entrance from the West comprising a giant flight of stairs has been closed. The building is now accessed through theportico on the East, from the portico on the 'Hare Street'. The building is raised on a solidbasement and thirty hugeCorinthian pillars support a massiveentablature. Thecolumns andcolonnade surround the whole building.

Internally there are twostories comprising five halls.