405 Dundas Street West, 1962

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Creator

Photographer Unknown, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Postcards

Description

A colour photographic postcard of 405 Dundas Street West.

Notes

In 1958, the Town of Whitby purchased property from Samuel Trees to construct a new, larger municipal building to replace the aging Town Hall located at Brock and Colborne Streets. The Municipal Building was officially opened in 1960 and served as Whitby’s administrative hub until 1977 when offices were moved to the buildings located at 575 Rossland Road East. With Whitby Town Council and Staff in their new location, the Whitby Public Library moved into the Municipal Building that same year.

Eventually, the Library and its collections outgrew the space at the old Municipal Building and plans were set in motion to construct a purpose built library to house larger collections, improved technology, comfortable spaces, and community meeting rooms to accommodate Whitby’s increasing population. Built by architects Shore Irwin Tilbe & Partners, construction on the new library began in 2003 around the old library. When the new building was complete in 2006, Celebration Square, an area for community gatherings, took the place of the old Municipal Building.

Date of Original

1962

Dimensions

Width: 5.5 in
Height: 3.5 in

Subject(s)

Libraries
Municipal government
Police stations

Corporate Name(s)

Town of Whitby ; Whitby Public Library

Local identifier

P2013_001_064

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8786873217779 Longitude: -78.9463346892547

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