Old City Hall (Toronto)

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Old City Hall (Toronto) is a historic Romanesque Revival former municipal building and courthouse in downtown Toronto, renowned for its iconic clock tower and status as one of the city’s most prominent heritage landmarks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romanesque Revival building
courthouse
former city hall
heritage property
historic building
architect Edward James Lennox
architecturalStyle Richardsonian Romanesque
Neo-Romanesque
surface form: Romanesque Revival
category Buildings and structures in Toronto
City and town halls in Ontario
Courthouses in Canada
National Historic Sites in Ontario
clockTowerHeight approximately 103.6 metres
completionDate 1899
constructionStartDate 1889
country Canada
currentUse courthouse
floorArea approximately 16,000 square metres
functionedAsCityHallUntil 1965
hasBell clock tower bell
hasClockFaces 4
hasClockTower true
hasFeature arched windows
central courtyard
iconic clock tower
ornate stone carvings
sculptural reliefs
hasPublicSquareRelationship Nathan Phillips Square
surface form: faces Nathan Phillips Square
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada
heritageDesignationDate 1984
inaugurationDate 1899
locatedAt 60 Queen Street West
locatedIn Ontario
Toronto
downtown Toronto
locatedNear Nathan Phillips Square
Toronto City Hall
materialUsed granite
sandstone
municipalHeritageDesignation Toronto heritage property
numberOfStoreys 4
openedAsCityHall 1899
ownedBy Toronto
surface form: City of Toronto
replacedBy Toronto City Hall
significance one of Toronto’s most prominent heritage landmarks
usedBy Ontario Court of Justice
usedFor criminal courts
provincial offences courts
wasLargestMunicipalBuildingIn North America at time of completion

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Subject: Old City Hall (Toronto)
Description of subject: Old City Hall (Toronto) is a historic Romanesque Revival former municipal building and courthouse in downtown Toronto, renowned for its iconic clock tower and status as one of the city’s most prominent heritage landmarks.

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Toronto City Hall replaced Old City Hall (Toronto)
Nathan Phillips Square boundedBy Old City Hall (Toronto)
this entity surface form: Osgoode Hall (vicinity to the south)
E. J. Lennox notableWork Old City Hall (Toronto)
E. J. Lennox designed Old City Hall (Toronto)
Edward James Lennox notableWork Old City Hall (Toronto)
this entity surface form: Old City Hall, Toronto
Edward James Lennox notableWork Old City Hall (Toronto)
this entity surface form: Toronto’s Old City Hall clock tower
Edward James Lennox designed Old City Hall (Toronto)
this entity surface form: Old City Hall, Toronto