Old Victoria Custom House facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Old Victoria Custom House
Old Victoria Custom House in 2012
General information
Town or city	Victoria
Country	Canada
Coordinates	48°25′28″N 123°22′14″W / 48.424359°N 123.3704865°W / 48.424359; -123.3704865
Opened	1875
Height
Architectural	Second Empire
Technical details
Floor count	3
Design and construction
Architect	Thomas Seaton Scott
Designations	Historic building

The Old Victoria Custom House or Malahat Building, in Victoria was completed in 1875 and designated as a historic building in 1987. It is a three-storey, mansard-roofed, custom house overlooking Victoria's harbour, symbolic of the time when Victoria was the pre-eminent commercial centre on Canada's West Coast. The building is described by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada as a "relatively plain example of the imposing Second Empire style adopted for these buildings under Thomas Seaton Scott, first Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works (1872-1881). Its modest design and materials are in keeping with the relative size of Victoria at that time."