Old City Hall (Toronto)

Old City Hall
Toronto's Old City Hall
Former names	Toronto City Hall and York County Court House
Record height
Tallest in Canada from 1899 to 1928[I]
Preceded by	Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto)
Surpassed by	Tour de la Banque Royale
General information
Type	Civic building, court house
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Address	60 Queen Street West
Coordinates	43°39′9″N 79°22′54″W / 43.65250°N 79.38167°W / 43.65250; -79.38167
Current tenants	municipal court
Construction started	1889
Completed	1899
Inaugurated	September 18, 1899
Renovated	1980s, 2002
Owner	City of Toronto
Height	103.64 m (340.0 ft) (tower)
Technical details
Floor count	7
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Edward James Lennox
National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1984

The Old City Hall is a Romanesque-style civic building and former court house in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the home of the Toronto City Council from 1899 to 1966 and a provincial court house until 2023, and remains one of the city's most prominent structures.

The building is located at the corner of Queen and Bay Streets, across Bay Street from Nathan Phillips Square and the present City Hall in Downtown Toronto. The heritage landmark has a distinctive clock tower which heads the length of Bay Street from Front Street to Queen Street as a terminating vista. Old City Hall was designated a National Historic Site in 1984.^[1][2]