Ontario Legislative Building
Legislative building in Toronto, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ontario Legislative Building (French: L'édifice de l'Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is a structure in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It houses the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and the viceregal suite of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and offices for members of the provincial parliament (MPPs). The building is surrounded by Queen's Park, sitting on that part south of Wellesley Street, which is the former site of King's College (later the University of Toronto), which was leased from the university by the municipal government of Toronto in 1859, for a "peppercorn" payment of CAD$1 per annum on a 999-year term.[1] The southern portion of the site was later handed over to the provincial government.
Ontario Legislative Building | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
Town or city | Toronto, Ontario |
Country | Canada |
Coordinates | 43.662447°N 79.391708°W / 43.662447; -79.391708 |
Construction started | 1886 |
Completed | 1909 |
Opened | 4 April 1893 |
Client | The King in Right of Ontario |
Owner | The King in Right of Ontario (building) University of Toronto (land) |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Iron and timber framing |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Richard A. Waite (main wing) George Wallace Gouinlock (north wing) E.J. Lennox (additional floors to west wing) |
The building and the provincial government are both often referred to by the metonym "Queen's Park".[2]