Second City Hall (Ottawa)

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Ottawa, Ontario's second city hall was built in 1877 on Elgin Street between Queen and Albert Streets and next to Ottawa's First City Hall,^[1] built in 1848.^[2]

Built by architects Horsey and Sheard of Ottawa, the

Second Empire French and Italian Style had one tall tower and three smaller ones. The building used Gloucester Blue Limestone and Ohio sandstone.^[3]

The second city hall lasted until a fire destroyed it in 1931. The next permanent city hall was not built until 1958. In the interim the municipal government was housed at the Transportation Building.^[4]

References

^ "Former Ottawa City Hall". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
^ "The Ottawa City Hall Fire". Retrieved 2022-06-10.
^ "Horsey, Henry Hodge | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada". dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
^ "The Ottawa City Hall Fire - The Historical Society of Ottawa". Historical Society of Ottawa. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
^ "A Brief History of City Hall". Retrieved 2022-03-06.

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