Renfrew County Courthouse | |
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Alternative names | Pembroke Courthouse |
General information | |
Architectural style | Neoclassical |
Location | Pembroke, Ontario, Canada |
Address | 297 Pembroke Street East |
Coordinates | 45°49′38.08″N77°6′23.31″W / 45.8272444°N 77.1064750°W |
Current tenants | Attorney General of Ontario |
Construction started | 1862 |
Completed | 1866 |
Inaugurated | 1867 |
Renovated | 2007 |
Renovation cost | $23 million CAD |
Owner | Ontario Realty Corporation |
Technical details | |
Floor area | 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Henry Horsey |
Renovating team | |
Renovating firm | NORR Limited Architects and Engineers |
Awards and prizes | Certificate of Merit Office Building of the Year People's Choice Design Excellence |
The Renfrew County Courthouse is a designated heritage property and operational courthouse in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.
The neoclassical complex includes three buildings: the courthouse itself, a registry office and a small jail. The courthouse was built from 1862 to 1866, the registry office from 1862 to 1868, and the jail from 1864 to 1866. [1] As the Confederation of Canada occurred in 1867, the building is referred to as "Confederation-era". The original courthouse was designed by Henry Horsey. [2]
The registry office was built to the fire-prevention standards of the then-Chief Architect of Canada, Kivas Tully, who had an "obsession" with safety. [2]
The sandstone used in the original construction was quarried at nearby Morrison Island. [1]
The County Atlas of 1881 describes the courthouse as "one of the finest in Canada, combining the features of chaste beauty with simple elegance of construction in a degree possessed by few if any others in the country." [1] The exterior of the registry was re-bricked in the 1980s, and the heritage value suffered. [1]
The complex is protected under the Cultural Heritage Protocol Agreement the Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Recreation and the Management Board Secretariat (Ontario Realty Corporation). [3] It has not, however, been municipally designated under the Ontario Heritage Act .
From 2005 to 2007, the building underwent significant heritage restoration. More than half of the original jail has been incorporated into the new facility. [1] The renovation was led by NORR Limited Architects and Engineers. [4]
The new construction used limestone from Guelph, Ontario. It added 48,276 square feet (4,485.0 m2) to the 18,729 of the preserved historic buildings. [1]
The renovated courthouse currently houses both a Superior Court of Justice and an Ontario Court of Justice, using its six courtrooms. It also has "two jury deliberation rooms, two settlement rooms, a victim/witness program office, Crown attorney offices and a secure vehicle drop-off point for in-custody individuals." [5]
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