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	== History ==		== History ==
	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.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html \|title="Historical Background, Calcutta Public Library", National Library of India. Online. \|access-date=12 March 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617023911/http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html \|archive-date=17 June 2016 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Presently, the ground floor houses the [[Asiatic Society]]'s rare foreign [[Academic journal\|journal]]s and [[manuscript]]s section,<ref>[http://www.asiaticsocietykolkata.org/library/metcalfe-hall "Metcalfe Hall", The Asiatic Society. Online.]</ref> while the first floor houses offices, exhibition galleries and a sales counter of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].		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.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html \|title="Historical Background, Calcutta Public Library", National Library of India. Online. \|access-date=12 March 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617023911/http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html \|archive-date=17 June 2016 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Presently, the ground floor houses the [[Asiatic Society]]'s rare foreign [[Academic journal\|journal]]s and [[manuscript]]s section,<ref>[http://www.asiaticsocietykolkata.org/library/metcalfe-hall "Metcalfe Hall", The Asiatic Society. Online.]</ref> while the first floor houses offices, exhibition galleries and a sales counter of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].

	== Architecture ==		== Architecture ==
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	'''Metcalfe Hall''' is a heritage building situated in [[Kolkata]], [[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 imperial [[architecture]] at the middle of the nineteenth century, and visually similar to [[Ancient_Greek_temple\|ancient Greek temples]]. It was built between 1840-1844 according to the design prepared by the city magistrate, C.K. Robinson and named after [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe\|Sir Charles T. Metcalfe]], the [[Governor-General]] of [[India]], in honour of his efforts towards a free press. The building faces the [[Hooghly river]] on the West.		'''Metcalfe Hall''' is a heritage building situated in [[Kolkata]], [[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 imperial [[architecture]] at the middle of the nineteenth century, and visually similar to [[Ancient_Greek_temple\|ancient Greek temples]]. It was built between 1840 and 1844 according to the design prepared by the city magistrate, C.K. Robinson and named after [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe\|Sir Charles T. Metcalfe]], the [[Governor-General]] of [[India]], in honour of his efforts towards a free press. The building faces the [[Hooghly river]] on the West.

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	File:Metcalfe Hall - 12 Strand Road - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0335.JPG\|Metcalfe Hall, Strand Road view		File:Metcalfe Hall - 12 Strand Road - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0335.JPG\|Metcalfe Hall, Strand Road view
	File:Metcalfe Hall 1, Kolkata.jpg\|Metclafe Hall		File:Metcalfe Hall 1, Kolkata.jpg\|Metclafe Hall
			File:Metcalf Hall, Kolkata, 2022.jpg\|Metcalfe Hall, as seen from [[Hare Street]].
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	'''Metcalfe Hall''' is a heritage building situated in [[Kolkata]], [[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 imperial [[architecture]] at the middle of the nineteenth century, and visually similar to [[Ancient_Greek_temple\|ancient Greek temples]]. It was built between 1840-1844 according to the design prepared by the city magistrate, C.K. Robinson and named after [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe\|Sir Charles T. Metcalfe]], the [[Governor-General]] of [[India]], in honour of his efforts towards a free press. The building faces the [[Hooghly river]] on the West.		'''Metcalfe Hall''' is a heritage building situated in [[Kolkata]], [[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 imperial [[architecture]] at the middle of the nineteenth century, and visually similar to [[Ancient_Greek_temple\|ancient Greek temples]]. It was built between 1840-1844 according to the design prepared by the city magistrate, C.K. Robinson and named after [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe\|Sir Charles T. Metcalfe]], the [[Governor-General]] of [[India]], in honour of his efforts towards a free press. The building faces the [[Hooghly river]] on the West.

	== History ==		== History ==

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'''Metcalfe Hall''' is a heritage building situated in [[Kolkata]], [[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 imperial [[architecture]] at the middle of the nineteenth century, and visually similar to [[Ancient_Greek_temple|ancient Greek temples]]. It was built between 1840-1844 according to the design prepared by the city magistrate, C.K. Robinson and named after [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe|Sir Charles T. Metcalfe]], the [[Governor-General]] of [[India]], in honour of his efforts towards a free press. The building faces the [[Hooghly river]] on the West.

== History ==
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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html |title="Historical Background, Calcutta Public Library", National Library of India. Online. |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617023911/http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html |archive-date=17 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Presently, the ground floor houses the [[Asiatic Society]]'s rare foreign [[Academic journal|journal]]s and [[manuscript]]s section,<ref>[http://www.asiaticsocietykolkata.org/library/metcalfe-hall "Metcalfe Hall", The Asiatic Society. Online.]</ref> while the first floor houses offices, exhibition galleries and a sales counter of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].

== Architecture ==
The main entrance from the West comprising a giant flight of stairs has been closed. The building is now accessed through the [[portico]] on the East, from the portico on the 'Hare Street'. The building is raised on a solid [[basement]] and thirty huge [[Corinthian order|Corinthian pillars]] support a massive [[entablature]]. The [[column]]s and [[colonnade]] surround the whole building.

Internally there are two [[Storey|stories]] comprising five halls.

== Gallery ==
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File:Metcalfe Hall, Calcutta by Francis Frith.jpg|Metcalfe Hall in 19th century
File:Metcalfe_Hall_-_Portico_-_Kolkata_2012-09-22_0316.JPG|Entrance
File:Metcalfe Hall - 12 Strand Road - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0335.JPG|Metcalfe Hall, Strand Road view
File:Metcalfe Hall 1, Kolkata.jpg|Metclafe Hall
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==References==
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[[Category:Palaces in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kolkata]]

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[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in India]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal]]