Saint John City Hall

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Saint John City Hall
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Saint John City Hall in 2013
Saint John City Hall
General information
TypeGovernment offices
Location15 Market Square
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2L 1E8
Coordinates 45°16′25″N66°03′47″W / 45.273644°N 66.0631137°W / 45.273644; -66.0631137
Completed1971

Saint John City Hall is the home of the municipal government in the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, the meeting place of the Saint John City Council, and the office of the Mayor of Saint John. It was built in 1971 and is located at 15 Market Square in uptown Saint John. [1] The building was constructed by Toronto-based Corporation Eighteen Ltd. at a cost of $6 million (equivalent to $45.1 million in 2023). The third floor of the city hall has indoor connection to various buildings in the city, including the Saint John City Market, Market Square, the Saint John Free Public Library, [2] and the Brunswick Square. [3] [4] Additionally, the City Hall's tower building features 180,000 square feet of office space. [5]

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History

Saint John's first City Hall was made out of wood. Built in 1797, it is located about where the current city Hall Stands. [1] After the Great Fire of Saint John in 1877, the next City Hall was built in 1878. The building, now known as Old City Hall, was located on 116 Prince William Street and was used as the City Hall until the completion of the current City Hall in 1971. [6]

The current City Hall, built by private Toronto-based development company Corporation Eighteen Ltd., [7] [8] was built at a cost of $6 million (equivalent to $45.1 million in 2023) and featured 17 stories, [9] [10] though it now only has 16. [11] Claude Roussel's design of three aluminum columns painted red, orange and yellow at the exterior entrance of the City Hall was chosen, much to the dismay of some members of the public as well as Saint John Mayor Bob Lockhart, who called the design a "disaster and a personal disappointment." [12] [13] [14] [15]

On June 21, 1977, a fire was started at the ground floor of the City Hall, which had been used as the city jail at the time. [16] The fire, which had been started by a prisoner, killed 21 men who were trapped in confinement. [17]

In 2018, the City Hall's tower building was bought by Historica Developments CEO Keith Brideau, Alex Elias and Dr. David Elias for $3 million. [11] [5] In 2020, renovations were made to the City Hall. [1]

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  3. ↑ "Brunswick Square" . Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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  8. ↑ "City hall at Saint John pride of citizens, leaders". Waterloo Region Record. 26 April 1971. p. 25. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "New Saint John city hall is 17-storey structure". North Bay Nugget . 27 April 1971. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Saint John proud of new city hall". Star-Phoenix. 28 May 1971. p. 12. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  11. 1 2 Smith, Connell (6 December 2018). "Saint John's city hall office tower changed hands, now the work to fill it begins". CBC News . Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Artist's Winning Design For City Hall Described Disaster, Disappointment". The Standard. 3 July 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  13. ↑ "Design under criticism". The Sun Times. 30 June 1972. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  14. ↑ "St. John city hall symbol sparks fuss". Waterloo Region Record. 4 July 1972. p. 18. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  15. ↑ "Art design criticized". The Leader-Post. 3 July 1972. p. 13. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  16. ↑ "Investigations into prison fire that killed 20 rriay lead to charges, saint john mayor says". The Globe and Mail. 23 June 1977. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  17. ↑ "Remembering the deadly Saint John jail fire 40 years later". CTV Atlantic . 21 June 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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