Former City Hall, located at 1 St Andrew’s Road in Singapore’s Civic District, is a neoclassical national monument built between 1926 and 1929 to serve as the Municipal Building. Former City Hall, located at 1 St Andrew’s Road in Singapore’s Civic District, is a neoclassical national monument built between 1926 and 1929 to serve as the Municipal Building. Renamed City Hall in 1951 when Singapore gained city status, it was the site of pivotal events such as the Japanese surrender in 1945 and Lee Kuan Yew’s swearing‑in in 1959. After housing government offices and courtrooms, it was gazetted a national monument in 1992 and combined with the Former Supreme Court to become the National Gallery Singapore in 2015.