Politically connected local architects teamed up to win the competition for the municipal building. Their busy melange of Queen Anne and Richardsonian motifs, resting on a robust base of Wyoming bluestone, now suffers from the loss of its prominent corner towers. An art glass window over the entrance depicts the Wilkes-Barre city seal, its buzzing bees graphically connoting the “busy as a beehive” boast of the Victorian city. Inside, the most interesting space is the coffered and paneled fourth-floor City Council chamber, originally designed to serve as the police court.