Calgary City Hall 4.52

The historic Calgary City Hall is currently the office of the Mayor and city councillors for the Calgary City Council. The building was completed in 1911. In 1962, a four-storey brick addition was added to the rear of the building. In 1985, the Calgary Municipal Building was built adjacent to the City Hall to house the offices of 2,000 civic administrators.DescriptionThe Calgary City Hall was designated a national historic site in 1984. The reasons cited by Heritage Canada include that it is the only surviving regional example of the monumental civic halls erected in several Prairie cities before 1930 and its lofty clock tower, prominent round-arched entry and extensive decoration in the Romanesque Revival style made it an imposing visual symbol of community progress.PlaqueA plaque at the entrance is dedicated to the memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Russell Lambert Boyle and the 10th Battalion, CEF. Boyle was a Calgary area rancher who was killed during the 2nd Battle of Ypres while commanding the 10th Battalion, which was recruited from Calgary and Winnipeg.The plaque reads:IN MEMORY OF Lt COL R.L. BOYLE OFFICERS N.C.O.s & MEN OF THE TENTH BATTn WHO FELL AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES APRIL 22nd 1915 ERECTED BY SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE BATTALIONAfter the Second World War the plaque was amended to honour The Calgary Highlanders by adding the following text underneath:TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS N.C.O.s AND MEN OF THE CALGARY HIGHLANDERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945 PERPETUATING UNIT OF 10th Bn C.E.F. GOD SAVE OUR KING