| Montreal City Hall | |
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Hôtel de Ville de Montréal (French) | |
 Montreal City Hall, 2012 | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 275, rue Notre-Dame Est Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1C6 |
| Coordinates | 45°30′31″N73°33′14″W / 45.5086°N 73.5539°W /45.5086; -73.5539 |
| Construction started | 1872 |
| Completed | 1878 |
| Renovated | 1922, 1932 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Henri-Maurice Perrault Alexander Cowper Hutchison |
| Designated | 1984 |
The five-storyMontreal City Hall (French:Hôtel de Ville de Montréal,pronounced[otɛldəvildəmɔ̃ʁeal]) is theseat of local government inMontreal, Quebec, Canada. It was designed by architects Henri-Maurice Perrault andAlexander Cowper Hutchison, and built between 1872 and 1878 in theSecond Empire style.[1][2] It is located inOld Montreal, betweenPlace Jacques-Cartier and theChamp de Mars, at 275Notre-Dame Street East. The closestMetro station isChamp-de-Mars, on theOrange Line.
As one of the best examples of theSecond Empire style in Canada, and the firstcity hall to have been constructed in the country solely for municipal administration, it was designated aNational Historic Site of Canada in 1984.[3][4]
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 architectLouis 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 ofTours.[6] Other changes included a remodelling of theMansard roof into a newBeaux-Arts inspired model, with a copper roof instead of the original slate tiles.[5] The new building opened on February 15, 1926.
In 1967Charles de Gaulle, the president ofFrance, gave hisVive le Québec libre speech from the building's balcony.[5]
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