Old Victoria Custom House | |
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![]() Old Victoria Custom House in 2012 | |
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General information | |
Town or city | Victoria |
Country | Canada |
Coordinates | 48°25′28″N 123°22′14″W / 48.424359°N 123.3704865°W |
Opened | 1875 |
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Architectural | Second Empire |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 3 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Thomas Seaton Scott |
Designations | Historic building |
The Old Victoria Custom House, also known as the Malahat Building, in Victoria was completed in 1875 and designated as a historic building in 1987. It is a three-storey, mansard-roofed, custom house overlooking Victoria's harbour, symbolizing the era when Victoria was the pre-eminent commercial centre on Canada's West Coast. The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada describes the building as a "relatively plain example of the imposing Second Empire style" adopted for such structures under Thomas Seaton Scott, the first Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works (1872-1881). Its modest design and materials reflect Victoria's size at that time."[1]
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- ^ Malahat Building / Old Victoria Custom House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 24 January 2012.