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P8196

ID Number: P8196
Item Name: image
Title: Windsor City Hall / Hotel de ville de Windsor
Title (Fre): Hotel de ville de Windsor
Date: ca. 1946 - 1956
Description: Black and white photograph of the second Windsor City Hall; the building is a tall, four-storey structure; the basement is half-submerged into the ground and a wide set of stone steps leads up to the main floor; the steps have a brick railing and tall lamposts at the bottom; at the top of the steps there are two arched doors and two arched windows; there are four rectangular windows on the main floor, two on each side of the doorway; there are eight arched windows on the third floor; the centre section of the building extends toward the sidewalk slightly and the fourth floor has one arched window in the centre section; there are chimneys on the roof; there is a flag pole to the fight of the building; an automobile is stopped in from of the steps. Originally completed in 1873 as the Central School, this building became Windsor's second City Hall in 1904. It was demolished in 1956 to make way for the current City Hall.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Windsor
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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