Community Heritage Register

Former Chilliwack City Hall

Chilliwack, British Columbia

Also known as: Former Chilliwack City Hall, Chilliwack Museum, Chilliwack City Hall

Description

The Former Chilliwack City Hall is a two-storey building located in downtown Chilliwack, British Columbia. The historic place includes the building.

Heritage Value

The Former Chilliwack City Hall has historic value for its use as a provincial court house for meetings from 1910 until April 1912 and for its use as a City Hall before being converted to the Chilliwack Museum and Archives. The historic place also has aesthetic value as an example of Neoclassical Revival style of architecture.

Character-Defining Elements

The key elements that define the character of the Former Chilliwack City Hall include:

- Neoclassical revival features such as cast-in-place reinforced concrete, curving staircases, colonnaded entrance porch with gabled pediment and tympanum, regular rows of round-arched windows.

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