Old Victoria Custom House

The Old Victoria Custom House or 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, symbolic of the time when Victoria was the pre-eminent commercial centre on Canada's West Coast. The building is described by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada as a "relatively plain example of the imposing Second Empire style adopted for these buildings under Thomas Seaton Scott, first Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works (1872-1881). Its modest design and materials are in keeping with the relative size of Victoria at that time."[1]

Old Victoria Custom House
Old Victoria Custom House in 2012
General information
Town or cityVictoria
CountryCanada
Coordinates48.424359°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

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References
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  1. Malahat Building / Old Victoria Custom House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 24 January 2012.


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