Old Victoria Custom House
Old Victoria Custom House in 2012
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General information
Town or cityVictoria
CountryCanada
Coordinates48°25′28″N 123°22′14″W / 48.424359°N 123.3704865°W / 48.424359; -123.3704865
Opened1875
Height
ArchitecturalSecond Empire
Technical details
Floor count3
Design and construction
Architect(s)Thomas Seaton Scott
DesignationsHistoric 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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