The Dundas Town Hall
Text from the plaque
Dundas was incorporated as a town in 1847 by a special Act of the legislature of the Province of Canada. The following year the town council accepted a tender from a local builder, James Scott, to erect a stone town hall and voted �2000 to cover the cost. Designed in a version of Roman Classic, by Francis Hawkins of Dundas, the building was completed by July, 1849, and was said to have cost �2500. Except for a small Italianate wing added later, the exterior has been little altered, although a thorough renovation was carried out in 1946. It is one of the most handsome, pre-1850, municipal buildings surviving in Ontario.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
Find the place
The City of Hamilton
In Dundas, to the left of the hall
on the west side of Main Street just north of Governors Road
Also recorded for this place: Dundas
N 43 15.824 W 79 57.148
Recorded April 2004. Check current access before visiting.
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Visitors' notes
July 30, 2010
the Dundas Town Hall appears very squat in your picture. there is a flight of ten stairs in frunt of the building, going from the level of the side walk to the first floor. if each stair is six inches high, this would mean that the landing is five feet above the sidewalk. and this means that the building has a much greater elevation than what appears in your picture. also, there is a new wing on the north side of the building which houses the council chambers.