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The five-story '''Montreal City Hall''' (French: ''Hôtel de Ville de Montréal'') is the [[seat of local government]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada. It was designed by architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and built between 1872 and 1878 in the [[Second Empire (architecture)|Second Empire style]].<ref name="Marsan1990">{{cite book|author=Jean-Claude Marsan|title=Montreal in Evolution: Historical Analysis of the Development of Montreal's Architecture and Urban Environment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGevw6rKQ3oC&pg=PA214|date=1 September 1990|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-8037-4|pages=214–}}</ref><ref name="GuidesStaff1994">{{cite book|author1=Access Guides|author2=Access Guides Staff|title=Montréal/Québec City Access|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aAt6tFFZRbcC|year=1994|publisher=Access Press|isbn=978-0-06-277079-0}}</ref> It is located in [[Old Montreal]], between [[Place Jacques-Cartier]] and the [[Champ de Mars, Montreal|Champ de Mars]], at 275 [[Notre-Dame Street]] East. The closest [[Montreal Metro|Metro]] station is [[Champ-de-Mars station (Montreal Metro)|Champ-de-Mars]], on the [[Orange Line (Montreal Metro)|Orange Line]].
The five-story '''Montreal City Hall''' (French: ''Hôtel de Ville de Montréal'') is the [[seat of local government]] in [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada. It was designed by architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and built between 1872 and 1878 in the [[Second Empire (architecture)|Second Empire style]].<ref name="Marsan1990">{{cite book|author=Jean-Claude Marsan|title=Montreal in Evolution: Historical Analysis of the Development of Montreal's Architecture and Urban Environment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGevw6rKQ3oC&pg=PA214|date=1 September 1990|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-8037-4|pages=214–}}</ref><ref name="GuidesStaff1994">{{cite book|author1=Access Guides|author2=Access Guides Staff|title=Montréal/Québec City Access|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aAt6tFFZRbcC|year=1994|publisher=Access Press|isbn=978-0-06-277079-0}}</ref> It is located in [[Old Montreal]], between [[Place Jacques-Cartier]] and the [[Champ de Mars, Montreal|Champ de Mars]], at 275 [[Notre-Dame Street]] East. The closest [[Montreal Metro|Metro]] station is [[Champ-de-Mars station (Montreal Metro)|Champ-de-Mars]], on the [[Orange Line (Montreal Metro)|Orange Line]].


As one of the best examples of the [[Second Empire (architecture)|Second Empire style]] in Canada, and the first [[Seat of local government|city hall]] to have been constructed in the country solely for municipal administration, it was designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|title=Montreal City Hall|url=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|work=Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada|publisher=Parks Canada|access-date=August 7, 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{CRHP|12925|Montreal City Hall|August 7, 2011}}</ref>
As one of the best examples of the [[Second Empire (architecture)|Second Empire style]] in Canada, and the first [[Seat of local government|city hall]] to have been constructed in the country solely for municipal administration, it was designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|title=Montreal City Hall|url=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|work=Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada|publisher=Parks Canada|access-date=August 7, 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{CRHP|12925|Montreal City Hall|August 7, 2011}}</ref>


==History and architecture==
==History and architecture==
[[File:Incendie Hotel de Ville Montreal 3 mars 1922.jpg|thumb|left|City Hall on the evening of March 3, 1922.]]
[[File:Incendie Hotel de Ville Montreal 3 mars 1922.jpg|thumb|left|City Hall on the evening of March 3, 1922]]
Construction on the building began in 1872 and was completed in 1878. The original building was gutted by fire in March 1922, leaving only the outer wall and destroying many of the city's historic records.<ref name="Rémillard, 80">Rémillard, 80.</ref> 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.<ref name="Rémillard, 80"/> This new building was modelled after the city hall of the French city of [[Tours]].<ref>[http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/fiche_bat.php?sec=a&num=8 City of Montreal Web site (in French)]</ref> Other changes included a remodelling of the [[Mansard roof]] into a new [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] inspired model, with a copper roof instead of the original slate tiles.<ref name="Rémillard, 80"/> The new building opened on February 15, 1926.
Construction on the building began in 1872 and was completed in 1878. The original building was gutted by fire in March 1922, leaving only the outer wall and destroying many of the city's historic records.<ref name="Rémillard, 80">Rémillard, 80.</ref> 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.<ref name="Rémillard, 80"/> This new building was modelled after the city hall of the French city of [[Tours]].<ref>[http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/fiche_bat.php?sec=a&num=8 City of Montreal Web site (in French)]</ref> Other changes included a remodelling of the [[Mansard roof]] into a new [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] inspired model, with a copper roof instead of the original slate tiles.<ref name="Rémillard, 80"/> The new building opened on February 15, 1926.


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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Bonsecours Market]] - home to Montreal City Hall and [[Montreal City Council]] from 1852-1878
* [[Bonsecours Market]] – home to Montreal City Hall and [[Montreal City Council]] from 1852–1878


==References==
==References==
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Montreal City Hall
Hôtel de Ville de Montréal (French)
Montreal City Hall, as seen with a new copper roof
Montreal City Hall, 2012
Montreal City Hall is located in Montreal
Montreal City Hall
Map
General information
Address275, rue Notre-Dame Est
Montreal, Quebec
H2Y 1C6
Coordinates45°30′31″N 73°33′14″W / 45.5086°N 73.5539°W / 45.5086; -73.5539
Construction started1872
Completed1878
Renovated1922, 1932
Design and construction
Architect(s)Henri-Maurice Perrault
Alexander Cowper Hutchison
Designated1984

The five-story Montreal City Hall (French: Hôtel de Ville de Montréal) is the seat of local government in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was designed by architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style.[1][2] 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, on the Orange Line.

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 of Canada in 1984.[3][4]

History and architecture

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City Hall on the evening of March 3, 1922

Construction on the building began in 1872 and was completed in 1878. The original building was gutted by fire in March 1922, leaving only the outer wall and destroying many of the city's historic records.[5] 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.[5] This new building was modelled after the city hall of the French city of Tours.[6] 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.[5] The new building opened on February 15, 1926.

In 1967 Charles de Gaulle, the president of France, gave his Vive le Québec libre speech from the building's balcony.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jean-Claude Marsan (1 September 1990). Montreal in Evolution: Historical Analysis of the Development of Montreal's Architecture and Urban Environment. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 214–. ISBN 978-0-7735-8037-4.
  2. ^ Access Guides; Access Guides Staff (1994). Montréal/Québec City Access. Access Press. ISBN 978-0-06-277079-0.
  3. ^ "Montreal City Hall". Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada. Parks Canada. Retrieved August 7, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Montreal City Hall. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d Rémillard, 80.
  6. ^ City of Montreal Web site (in French)
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