Victoria's first City Hall was designed in 1875, the building was begun three years later and completed in 1890. The designer was John Teague, an Englishman long resident in Victoria, who was responsible for planning many of the City's early buildings. His City Hall was conceived in the "Second Empire" style popular at the time with a typical mansard roof, tower and rich ornamentation. The building remains one of the best surviving examples of this style in western Canada.

    

    

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