Osgoode Hall

Osgoode Hall
Osgoode Hall was designed in a late-Palladian style.
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office building and courthouse
Architectural style	Palladian, Neoclassical
Address	130 Queen Street West
Town or city	Toronto, Ontario
Country	Canada
Coordinates	43°39′08″N 79°23′08″W / 43.65222°N 79.38556°W / 43.65222; -79.38556
Current tenants	Law Society of Ontario; Ontario Court of Appeal; Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Named for	William Osgoode
Construction started	1829
Completed	1832
Owner	Law Society of Ontario & Government of Ontario
Technical details
Floor count	3
Grounds	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	John Ewart and William Warren Baldwin
National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1979
Ontario Heritage Act
Designated	1990

Osgoode Hall is a landmark building in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The original 2+1⁄2-storey building was started in 1829 and finished in 1832 from a design by John Ewart and William Warren Baldwin. The structure is named for William Osgoode,^[1] the first Chief Justice of Upper Canada (now the province of Ontario).^[2]

It originally served to house the regulatory body for lawyers in Ontario along with its law school, formally established as Osgoode Hall Law School in 1889, which was the only recognized professional law school for the province at the time.^[3] The original building was constructed between 1829 and 1832 in the late Georgian Palladian and Neoclassical styles. It currently houses the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court of the Superior Court of Justice, the offices of the Law Society of Ontario and the Great Library of the Law Society.