Mackenzie House is a three-storey brick building on Bond Street that stands out for its symmetric, late-Georgian facade. Built around eighteen fifty-eight, it served as the final home of William Lyon Mackenzie, the first mayor of Toronto…
City Halls and Civic Square
Compare Toronto's grand 19th-century Romanesque structures with its bold mid-century modernist masterpieces on this walk through the heart of the city's civic and legal history.
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1. Mackenzie House
2. Memorial - Old City Hall Cenotaph
A massive, granite cenotaph rests on the steps of the nineteenth-century courthouse at the corner of Bay and Queen streets. Unveiled on November eleventh, nineteen twenty-five, the monument was designed by local architects William Ferguson…
3. Nathan Phillips Square
Nathan Phillips Square is defined by the sweeping, modernist curve of the twin towers of Toronto City Hall, which rise above a vast concrete plaza. Named for the mayor who championed its creation, the square spans nearly five hectares and…
4. Toronto City Hall
Toronto City Hall is defined by its two curved concrete towers of unequal height, which appear to cradle a low, saucer-shaped council chamber between them. Completed in nineteen sixty-five, this Neo-Expressionist structure replaced a…
5. Osgoode Hall
Osgoode Hall is distinguished by a high, ornate wrought-iron fence that rings its six-acre property, featuring narrow, revolving entrance gates often called kissing gates. Completed in eighteen sixty-seven, this barrier encloses a…
6. Campbell House Museum
Campbell House stands out as an elegant, two-story Georgian mansion, a symmetrical brick building that appears strikingly out of place against the modern office towers and concrete of downtown Toronto. Built in eighteen twenty-two for Sir…