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. Click to hear the 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]
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.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1875.

Location. 48° 25.725′ N, 123° 21.886′ W. Marker is in Victoria, British Columbia, in Capital. It is in Downtown. It 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.

Regionally, this marker is on British Columbia’s Vancouver Island.

Globally, it is in North America,

in the Inside Passage,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Japanese Internment (within shouting distance of this marker); Victoria Fire Department Headquarters (within shouting distance of this marker); Tiger Company Fire Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Wesleyan Methodist Church (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); McPherson Playhouse (about 120 meters away); Fifth Regiment of Garrison Artillery (about 150 meters away); Chinese General Store (about 180 meters away); Cast Iron Panels (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Victoria.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, September 15, 2011

2. Victoria City Hall Marker

Victoria City Hall image. Click for full size.

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 876 times since then and 22 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.