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Victoria City Hall

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Architectural style
  
Second Empire

Completed
  
1890

Opened
  
1890

Province
  
British Columbia

Groundbreaking
  
1878

Owner
  
City of Victoria

Phone
  
+1 250-385-5711

Architect
  
John Teague

Victoria City Hall

Type
  
Seat of local government

Location
  
1 Centennial Square Victoria, British Columbia V8W 1P6

Address
  
1 Centennial Square, Victoria, BC V8W 1P6, Canada

Similar
  
Johnson Street Bridge, Victoria Conference Centre, Beacon Hill Park, Chinatown - Victoria, Greater Victoria Public Lib

Victoria city hall


Victoria City Hall is the city hall for Victoria, British Columbia, Canada at Douglas Street and Pandora Avenue. It was completed in 1890. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1977 and was also designated as a heritage site by the municipality in 1979.

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Victoria city hall


Construction

Architect John Teague designed Victoria's City Hall, considered "one of the best surviving examples of Second Empire-style public architecture in Western Canada." The earliest surviving municipal hall has a foot 105 tall Gillet and Johnson clock tower, three types of facades, tall windows, pedimented dormer windows and a metal mansard roof. The exterior is constructed of concrete, brick and stone. The Second Empire style reflects a change in the design and construction of governmental buildings, intended to symbolize the government's growth and power. It was constructed from 1878 to 1891 at Pandora Avenue and Douglas Street.

Centennial Square

City Hall is a landmark in Victoria's Old Town District that in 1963 was nearly razed to make way for the Centennial Square, but is now an important historical building there.

References

Victoria City Hall Wikipedia