Height 53 m Province Nova Scotia Architectural style Art Deco | Floors 13 Completed 1936 | |
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Dominion public building halifax oodle adventures tour
The Dominion Public Building is a five-storey neoclassical structure built between 1926 and 1935 for the government of Canada at southeast corner of Front and Bay streets in Toronto.
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- Dominion public building halifax oodle adventures tour
- Map of Dominion Public Building Halifax NS B3J 1T3 Canada
- Dominion public building top 6 facts
- Other Dominion Public Buildings
- References
Map of Dominion Public Building, Halifax, NS B3J 1T3, Canada
The building was designed by architects Thomas W. Fuller and James Henry Craig and originally served as Toronto's federal customs clearing house. It remains a federal property, currently housing a number of administrative and support functions for Canada Revenue Agency.
The building north facade is curved to follow the property line along Front Street east of Bay Street. To the south is the Union Station Bus Terminal, formerly the site of the CP Express and Freight Building which replaced the old Grand Trunk Freight Shed after 1904.
Prior to 1920s, the site was occupied by a series wholesale warehouses along Front from Bay to just west of Yonge. These buildings were destroyed by the Great Toronto Fire of 1904. To the east were the City's seventh Customs House and the annex Customs Examination Warehouse which were built in 1876 on the site of the sixth Customs House.
By 1919, the old Customs House was demolished and the stretch along Front laid vacant.
On January 11, 2017 Canada Lands Company announced the pending sale of the property.
Dominion public building top 6 facts
Other Dominion Public Buildings
In 1935-36, the government erected Dominion Public Buildings in Halifax, London and Hamilton. In 1991, the Hamilton facility was renovated and expanded to become the John Sopinka Courthouse. Another building in Toronto, 330 Keele Street, also has the same name and was designed by Craig and Madill in 1935-1936.