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Claret plaque № 49601

Kingston, ON, Canada

Kingston City Hall / L’Hôtel de Ville de Kingston. In 1843 the architect George Browne was commissioned to design a town hall in keeping with Kingston’s status as a provincial capital. This building, one of the most ambitious examples of nineteenth century Canadian municipal architecture, was comple

ted in 1844 at a cost of almost £20,000. It housed the municipal offices, the council chambers, and the town market, and also contained shops, other offices, and a saloon. A fire in 1865 destroyed par

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