Old City Hall (Toronto)

Old City Hall
Toronto's Old City Hall
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Former namesToronto City Hall and York County Court House
General information
TypeCivic building, court house
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Address60 Queen Street West
Coordinates43°39′9″N 79°22′54″W / 43.65250°N 79.38167°W / 43.65250; -79.38167
Current tenantsmunicipal court
Construction started1889
Completed1899
InauguratedSeptember 18, 1899
Renovated1980s, 2002
OwnerCity of Toronto
Height103.64 m (340.0 ft) (tower)
Technical details
Floor count7
Design and construction
Architect(s)Edward James Lennox
Designated1984

The Old City Hall is a Romanesque-style civic building and former court house in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the home of the Toronto City Council from 1899 to 1966 and a provincial court house until 2023, and remains one of the city's most prominent structures.

The building is located at the corner of Queen and Bay Streets, across Bay Street from Nathan Phillips Square and the present City Hall in Downtown Toronto. The heritage landmark has a distinctive clock tower which heads the length of Bay Street from Front Street to Queen Street as a terminating vista. Old City Hall was designated a National Historic Site in 1984.[1][2]


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