Montreal City Hall

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Montreal City Hall is the historic seat of municipal government in Montreal, housing the mayor’s office and serving as the central venue for the city’s political and administrative affairs.


Statements (40)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city hall
historic building
municipal government building
architect Alexander Cowper Hutchison
Henri-Maurice Perrault
architecturalStyle Second Empire
constructionEndDate 1878
constructionStartDate 1872
continent North America
coordinateLocation 45.507°N 73.553°W
country Canada
hasPart clock tower
council chamber
executive committee rooms
mansard roof
mayor’s office
public reception halls
hasUse administrative offices of the City of Montreal
meeting place of Montreal City Council
office of the Mayor of Montreal
seat of municipal government of Montreal
heritageDesignation Classified heritage immovable of Quebec
National Historic Site of Canada
heritageDesignationDate 1984
inception 1872
locatedIn Montreal
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Province of Quebec
locatedInNeighborhood Old Montreal
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
materialUsed copper roof
stone
numberOfFloors 5
officialOpeningDate 1878
operator City of Montreal
ownedBy City of Montreal
reconstructionArchitecturalStyle Beaux-Arts influenced reconstruction
reconstructionDate 1922
significantEvent Charles de Gaulle “Vive le Québec libre” speech backdrop (1967, from nearby balcony at Montreal City Hall)
major fire of 1922
streetAddress 275 Notre-Dame Street East

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Old Montreal
contains
City of Montreal Council
meetsAt

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