Charlottetown City Hall is the
seat
A seat is a place to sit. The term may encompass additional features, such as back, armrest, head restraint but also headquarters in a wider sense.
Types of seat
The following are examples of different kinds of seat:
* Armchair (furniture), ...
of
City Council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...
in
Charlottetown
Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in ...
,
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has seve ...
, Canada. It is located at 199 Queen Street at the corner of Kent Street.
It was designed by architects John Lemuel Phillips and Charles Benjamin Chappell in the
Romanesque Revival
Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...
style.
It was built by contractor
William H. Fraser beginning in 1887 and was completed in 1888. The
fire hall
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A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses such as fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equipment, fire ho ...
designed by Charles Benjamin Chappell and John Marshall Hunter opened in 1916.
It was designated as a
National Historic Site of Canada
National Historic Sites of Canada (french: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment
An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of t ...
on November 23, 1984.
References
External links
City of Charlottetown - Official website
Buildings and structures in Charlottetown
Government buildings completed in 1888
City and town halls in Canada
Romanesque Revival architecture in Canada
Buildings and structures on the National Historic Sites of Canada register
National Historic Sites in Prince Edward Island
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