Galt City Hall

Photo by Alan L Brown - March 28, 2004

Photo by Alan L Brown - March 28, 2004

Plaque Location

The Region of Waterloo
The City of Cambridge
On Dickson Street on the north side in front of the city hall just east of Ainslie Street

Plaque Text

This attractive public building was designed and built in 1857-8 by H.B. Sinclair, a local resident, as a "Town Hall and Market House". Galt had become an incorporated town on January 1, 1857, and the first mayor, Morris C. Lutz, was elected by the new Council that month. On May 13, he laid the corner-stone of this structure. It is classical in general style, and the "Italianate", particularly Tuscan, influence is quite predominant. Various additions were made in later years, and in 1963-64 a thorough rehabilitation of the building was carried out.