Old City Hall

Old Toronto, Canada

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Old City Hall stands at the corner of Queen and Bay streets in downtown Toronto, a commanding Romanesque Revival structure completed in 1899 by architect E. J. Lennox. Serving as the city's municipal and judicial center for much of the twentieth century, it housed Toronto City Council until 1966 and functioned as a provincial courthouse until 2023. The building's most distinctive feature is its prominent clock tower, which anchors the southern vista down Bay Street from Front Street to Queen Street. Designated a national historic site in 1984, Old City Hall remains one of Toronto's most recognizable landmarks, situated directly across Bay Street from Nathan Phillips Square and the modern City Hall that succeeded it.

Architect

E. J. Lennox

Movement

Romanesque Revival architecture

Built: 1899
Type: courthouse, city hall
Heritage: designated heritage property (part IV), national historic site of Canada
Place: Old Toronto, Canada

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