Osgoode Hall : an illustrated history

Type

Book

Authors

Honsberger, John D.

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

ISBN 10

1550025422

ISBN 13

9781550025422

DDC

727

Tags

Architecture, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Pictorial Works

Abstract

"Osgoode Hall is a national monument and one of Canada's architectural treasures. Of the many public buildings erected in pre-Confederation Canada, it best encapsulates the diverse stylistic forces that shaped public buildings of its era. The gated lawns, the grandly Venetian rotunda, the ornate courtroom, the portrait-lined walls, and the stained-glass windows evoke a venerable dignity to which few Canadian institutions can aspire. It has been the seat of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1832 and of several of the Superior Courts of the province for almost as long. It has become a symbol of the legal tradition, not only in Ontario, but throughout Canada and beyond." - Cover

Description

Content:
Forword
Acknowledgements
Prologue: an overview
1. Genesis
2. The first hall
3. The Victorian period
4. The twentieth century
Epilogue

Appendices
A. List of major additions and alterations to Osgoode Hall
B. Plan of Osgoode Hall showing each section and addition with the date of construction
C. Glossary or architectural terms
D. Glossary of legal terms
E. The value of money and what it bought - comparative costs
F. 1846 Covenant of the Law Society of Upper Canada with Her Majesty to provide accommodation to Superior Courts
G. 1874 Deed to surrender from the Law Society to Her Majesty
H. 1885 Deed between the Queen and the Law Society of Upper Canada
I. 1894 Order-in-Council respecting extensions to library
Notes
Selected
Picture credits
Index

Biblio Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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