The MCGM was created in 1865 and Arthur Crawford was its first Municipal Commissioner.
The Municipality was initially housed in a modest building at the terminus of Girgaum Road.
In 1870, it was shifted to a building on the Esplanade, located between Watson Hotel and the Sassoon Mechanics Institute where the present Army & Navy building is situated.
On 9 December 1884,  the foundation stone for the new building of the Bombay Municipal Corporation was laid opposite to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, by the Viceroy of the time, Lord Ripon.

Two designs were considered for the building; one of the Gothic designs done by Frederick William Stevens and the other in the Indo-Saracenic design presented by Robert Fellowes Chisholm.
In the end, a blend of Venetian Gothic and Indo-Saracenic was settled upon.
The building was completed in 1893.
The MCGM was created in 1865 and Arthur Crawford was its first Municipal Commissioner. The Municipality was initially housed in a modest building at the terminus of Girgaum Road. In 1870, it was shifted to a building on the Esplanade, located between Watson Hotel and the Sassoon Mechanics Institute where the present Army & Navy building is situated. On 9 December 1884,  the foundation stone for the new building of the Bombay Municipal Corporation was laid opposite to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, by the Viceroy of the time, Lord Ripon.
Two designs were considered for the building; one of the Gothic designs done by Frederick William Stevens and the other in the Indo-Saracenic design presented by Robert Fellowes Chisholm. In the end, a blend of Venetian Gothic and Indo-Saracenic was settled upon. The building was completed in 1893.
Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai