St. Thomas City Hall
Text from the plaque
City halls illustrate the emergence of urban areas in a predominately rural and agricultural 19th-century Canada and reflect the growth of municipal governments. Built in 1998-1899, this city hall is an impressively sited, well-designed example of late Victorian civic building. Incorporated as a city in 1881, St. Thomas sponsored a design competition to choose an appropriate symbol of the future. Neil Darrach's winning proposal features massive blocks of rough-faced stone, elaborate exterior carving, a commanding tower and a richly detailed interior which is largely intact.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
Find the place
The County of Elgin
The City of St. Thomas
Just inside the main doors on the right wall at City Hall
on the northeast corner of Talbot and Mondamin Streets
N 42 46.746 W 81 11.563
Recorded June 2009. Check current access before visiting.