The City Hall of Quebec City (, ) is the

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, Canada. It was inaugurated on September 15, 1896 in the

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neighbourhood. The building slopes downward as it was built on a hill and was once home to the

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(Jesuit Barracks) from the 1730s to 1878. The city hall was designated a

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in 1984. The building is also located within the "Arrondissement historique du Vieux-Québec" (Historic District of Old Quebec), a district that was designated under provincial heritage legislation in 1963 and listed as a

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in 1985. Located on rue des Jardins and designed by architect

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(1858-1923), it is the second permanent city hall for the old city. From 1842 to 1896 City Hall sat at home of

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Major General William Dunn (British officer), son of former administrator

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(at rue Saint-Louis and rue Sainte-Ursule). Prior to 1842 the city government sat a various sites. The formal

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was established in 1833. The building used a mixture of Classical,

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and

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