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Pigott Building

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Type
  
Residential/ Condo

Roof
  
64 m (210 ft)

Architect
  
Prack & Prack

Opened
  
1929

Province
  
Ontario

Location
  
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Completed
  
1929

Floor count
  
18

Height
  
64 m

Floors
  
18

Lifts/elevators
  
2

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Stelco Tower, BDC Building, Olympia Apartments, Landmark Place, Treble Hall

The Pigott Building is an 18-storey (210 feet/ 64 metres) condominium building located at 36 James Street South in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This Art Deco/Gothic Revival style building was designed by Hamilton architects Bernard and Fred Prack and is designated under the Ontario Heritage Act.

Map of Pigott Building, 34 James St S, Hamilton, ON L8P 2X8, Canada

Built for $1,000,000, The Pigott Building was originally an office building and was Hamilton's first skyscraper. Named after the construction company that built it, the Pigott Construction Company, many of Hamilton's landmarks were built by the company. Some of these include the Canadian Westinghouse offices, the Bank of Montreal Building (1928) on James Street North, McMaster University (1930), Westdale Secondary School (1931), Cathedral of Christ the King (1933), the Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway bridge (1958), Hamilton City Hall (1960) and Copps Coliseum (1985) on York & Bay Streets.

Pigott also built some of Canada's largest industrial plants and finest buildings: the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; Skylon Tower at Niagara Falls, Crown Life Insurance Company head office, Toronto; Bank of Canada, Ottawa; a plant for General Motors, Oshawa, and buildings for A. V. Roe Company in Malton.

It was at this location that the Canadian Club Movement had its beginning on December 6, 1892.

References

Pigott Building Wikipedia