City Hall is one of the oldest buildings in New York, and it still performs its original government functions. Founded between 1803 and 1812, the city hall was included in the National Historic List of the United States in 1966 and became the National Historic Architecture of the United States. Its beautiful dome hall is regarded as a landmark of the city. Its French dome, beautiful, in which it is easy to have the illusion of being in the Roman temple. The governor's office has become a museum, collecting portraits and antique furniture of important 19th-century Americans, such as Washington's desks.