St. Thomas City Hall
City halls illustrate the emergence of urban areas in a predominately rural and agricultural 19th-century Canada and reflect the growth of municipal governments. Built in 1998-1899, this city hall is an impressively sited, well-designed example of late Victorian civic building. Incorporated as a city in 1881, St. Thomas sponsored a design competition to choose an appropriate symbol of the future. Neil Darrach's winning proposal features massive blocks of rough-faced stone, elaborate exterior carving, a commanding tower and a richly detailed interior which is largely intact.
Plaque via Alan L. Brown's site Ontario Plaques. Full page here.