Downtown in Victoria in Capital, British Columbia — Canada’s West Coast (North America)
Victoria City Hall
Hôtel de Ville de Victoria
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, September 15, 2011
1. Victoria City Hall Marker
Inscription.
Victoria’s first city hall was designed in 1875. The building was begun three years later and completed in 1890. The designer was John Teague, an Englishman long resident in Victoria, who was responsible for planning many of the city’s early buildings. His city hall was conceived in the Second Empire style popular at the time, with a typical mansard roof tower and rich ornamentation. The building remains one of the best surviving examples of this style in western Canada., [French] ,
Victoria’s first city hall was designed in 1875. The building was begun three years later and completed in 1890. The designer was John Teague, an Englishman long resident in Victoria, who was responsible for planning many of the city’s early buildings. His city hall was conceived in the Second Empire style popular at the time, with a typical mansard roof tower and rich ornamentation. The building remains one of the best surviving examples of this style in western Canada.
[French]
Devant ètre le premier hôtel de ville de Victoria, ce bâtiment a été commercé en 1878 et terminé en 1890. Les plans étaient de John Teague, un Anglais qui a longtemps residé à Victoria et a qui l’on doit la conception de nombreux bâtiments de la premiere epoque de Victoria. Cet hôtel de ville a été réalisé dans le style qu’on adoptait generalement à l’epoque pour les édifices public et que l’on appelle maintenant le style second Empire. Avec son toit en mansarde, sa tour et sa riche ornementation, cet édifice demeure l’une des meilleurs illustrations de ce style dans l’Ouest du Canada.
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Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada/Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada.
Location. 48° 25.725′ N, 123° 21.886′ W. Marker is in Victoria, British Columbia, in Capital. It is in Downtown. Marker can be reached from Douglas Street / Trans-Canada Highway (National Highway 1), on the right when traveling south. This marker is located in Centennial Square. Alternative address is 1 Centennial Square. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1600 Douglas Street, Victoria BC V8W 1P7, Canada. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, September 15, 2011
2. Victoria City Hall Marker
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, September 15, 2011
3. Victoria City Hall
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, September 15, 2011
4. Victoria City Hall
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, September 15, 2011
5. Victoria City Hall
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2011, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 613 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 4, 2011, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.