Ellen Fairclough Building
Encyclopedia
Ellen Fairclough Building, 20-storey (94 m) high rise office building built in 1981 is the 4th tallest building in Hamilton, Ontario
, Canada
. It's situated on the corner of King Street East and MacNab Street South
.
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. 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.
The Hamilton Convention Centre is at the base of this government office tower and it's attached to the downtown Art Gallery and Hamilton Place auditorium on the South side of King Street and has a skywalk that crosses over that attaches to the Lloyd D. Jackson Square
mall on the north side of the street. The government building is also home to a courthouse + a citizenship
& immigration
office.
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It's situated on the corner of King Street East and MacNab Street South
MacNab Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
MacNab Street, is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts in the Durand neighbourhood on Markland Street, as a one-way street going north to Bold Street, where it becomes two-way for one block until Hurst Place where it's cut off by a wall for the Hunter Street railway...
.
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. Ellen Fairclough
Ellen Fairclough
Ellen Louks Fairclough, was the first female member of the Canadian Cabinet.Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Fairclough was a chartered accountant by training, and ran an accounting firm prior to entering politics...
served under John Diefenbaker
John Diefenbaker
John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...
for 13 years in Parliament. She advocated for gender equality
Gender equality
Gender equality is the goal of the equality of the genders, stemming from a belief in the injustice of myriad forms of gender inequality.- Concept :...
and fairer immigration
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
policy. She died at 99 in 2004.
The Hamilton Convention Centre is at the base of this government office tower and it's attached to the downtown Art Gallery and Hamilton Place auditorium on the South side of King Street and has a skywalk that crosses over that attaches to the Lloyd D. Jackson Square
Lloyd D. Jackson Square
Lloyd D. Jackson Square, also known as Jackson Square, is an indoor shopping mall in the Lower City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, named after Lloyd Douglas Jackson, the mayor of the city in the 1950s. The mall is located in the centre of the city, bounded by several major arterial roads: King...
mall on the north side of the street. The government building is also home to a courthouse + a citizenship
Citizenship
Citizenship is the state of being a citizen of a particular social, political, national, or human resource community. Citizenship status, under social contract theory, carries with it both rights and responsibilities...
& immigration
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
office.
External links
- Image: Ellen Fairclough Building, taken from Raise the Hammer http://raisethehammer.org/article/101/
- Image #2: Ellen Fairclough Building (www.emporis.com)
