Ellen Fairclough Building (French: Édifice Ellen-Fairclough) is an 18-storey (94 m) high-rise office building built in 1981. It is the 5th tallest building in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[2] It is situated on the corner of King Street West and MacNab Street South, and is primarily used to house provincial government offices.
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| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°15′25″N 79°52′17″W / 43.25692°N 79.87129°W |
| Completed | 1981 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 94 m (308 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 20[1] |
| Lifts/elevators | 5 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Trevor P. Garwood-Jones |
The building was first known as the Convention Centre when it first opened up in 1981. One year later in 1982, it was renamed the Ellen Fairclough Building. Ellen Fairclough was a Hamiltonian and the first female member of the Canadian Cabinet.[3][4] Ellen Fairclough served under John Diefenbaker for 13 years in Parliament. She advocated for gender equality and fairer immigration policy. She died at 99 in 2004.[5]
The Hamilton Convention Centre occupies the first 3 floors of this office tower (with the exception of the Ellen Fairclough Building's lobby and the shared loading dock, both located on the ground floor), and it is attached to the Art Gallery of Hamilton and FirstOntario Concert Hall. There is also an enclosed pedestrian bridge that crosses over King Street and attaches to the Lloyd D. Jackson Square mall and the Sheraton Hamilton hotel. The government building is also home to a courthouse and a citizenship & immigration office.[6]
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View from King Street West -
Ellen Fairclough Building
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Ellen Fairclough Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Ellen Fairclough Building: 1981 (www.emporis.com)". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-08.
- ^ "Hamilton Spectator article: "Lament for a Downtown"". Archived from the original on 2004-08-13. Retrieved 2007-02-08.
- ^ "The Hamilton Memory Project;" (Press release). The Hamilton Spectator- Souvenir Edition. June 10, 2006.
- ^ "Hamilton Spectator article: "The Greatest Hamiltonian"". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-08.
- ^ "Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Listing; Hamilton, Ontario: Ellen Fairclough Building". Archived from the original on 2007-02-04. Retrieved 2007-02-08.
External links edit
- Image: Ellen Fairclough Building, taken from Raise the Hammer [1]
- Image #2: Ellen Fairclough Building (www.emporis.com)
