CNHS - Hôtel-de-Ville-de-Rivière-du-Loup - Rivière-du-Loup Town Hall, Québec
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N 47° 50.156 W 069° 32.214
19T E 459822 N 5298204
Cette plaque décrit un Lieu historique national du Canada et est située sur la rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, à Rivière-du-Loup. This plaque describes a Canadian National Historic Site and is located on Hôtel-de-Ville Street, in Rivière-du-Loup.
Waymark Code: WMJ0A8
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 09/04/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Jake39
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Hôtel-de-Ville-de-Rivière-du-Loup
Rivière-du-Loup est l'une des nombreuses collectivités canadiennes qui se donnèrent, après 1900, des hôtels de ville imposants. Ceux-ci abritaient les services de plus en plus nombreux des gouvernements locaux et constituaient un symbole de fierté et d'ambition municipales. Cet hôtel de ville a été construit en 1916 suivant les plans de Georges Ouimet. Il proclamait l'émergence de la ville comme centre important de l'industrie de la pâte à papier et du bois. Son horloge tire son origine d'une très vieille tradition européenne qui a fait des hôtels de ville des édifices proéminents et des lieux de rassemblement.
Rivière-du-Loup Town Hall
Rivière-du-Loup was one of many communities that built imposing town halls in Canada after 1900. Such buildings provided accommodation for the growing number of services administered by municipal governments and also served as symbols of civic pride and aspirations. Construction of the Rivière-du-Loup Town Hall in 1916 to the design of Georges Ouimet proclaimed the town's emergence as a major pulp and paper manufacturing centre. Its imposing clock tower harkened back to a centuries-old European design tradition which established town halls as conspicuous landmarks and public gathering places.
Classification: National Historic Site

Province or Territory: Quebec

Location - City name/Town name: Rivière-du-Loup

Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]

Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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