Montreal City Hall
| Montreal City Hall | |
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| Hôtel de Ville de Montréal | |
 Montreal City Hall in 2006 |
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| General information | |
| Address | 275 Notre-Dame Street East |
| Town or city | Montreal, Quebec |
| Country | Canada |
| Construction started | 1872 |
| Renovated | 1922, 1932 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Henri-Maurice Perrault, Alexander Cowper Hutchison |
| Designated: | 1984 |
The five-storey Montreal City Hall (French: Hôtel de Ville de Montréal) is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and was built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style. It is located in Old Montreal, between Place Jacques-Cartier and the Champ de Mars, at 275 Notre-Dame Street East. The closest metro station is Champ-de-Mars.
As one of the best examples of the Second Empire style in Canada, and the first city hall to have been constructed in the country solely for municipal administration, it was designated a National Historic Site in Canada in 1984.[1][2]
[edit] History and architecture
Construction on the building began in 1872 and was completed in 1878. The building was gutted by fire in March 1922, leaving only the outer wall and destroying many of the city's historic records.[3] The architect Louis Parant was commissioned for the reconstruction, who decided to build an entirely new building with a self-supporting steel structure built inside the shell of the ruins.[3] This new building was modelled after the city hall of the French city of Tours.[4] Other changes included a remodelling of the Mansard roof into a new Beaux-Arts inspired model, with a copper roof instead of the original slate tiles.[3]
In 1967, from this building's balcony Charles de Gaulle, the president of France, gave his Vive le Québec libre speech.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Montreal City Hall". Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada. Parks Canada. http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/det_E.asp?oqSID=0662&oqeName=Montr%E9al+City+Hall&oqfName=H%F4tel+de+ville+de+Montr%E9al. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Montreal City Hall. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Rémillard, 80.
- ^ City of Montreal Web site (in French)
[edit] External links
Media related to Montreal City Hall at Wikimedia Commons
- Rémillard, Francois. Montreal architecture: A Guide to Styles and Buildings. Montreal: Meridian Press, 1990.
- Montreal City Hall—Hôtel de ville de Montréal
Coordinates: 45°30′31″N 73°33′14″W / 45.508693°N 73.553928°W
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- Buildings and structures completed in 1878
- Beaux-Arts architecture in Canada
- Buildings and structures in Montreal
- City and town halls in Canada
- Landmarks in Montreal
- National Historic Sites in Quebec
- Old Montreal
- Rebuilt buildings and structures in Canada
- Second Empire architecture in Canada
- Building and structures on the National Historic Sites of Canada register
- Burned building and structures in Canada
