Ellen Fairclough Building
- Ellen Fairclough Building
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building_name = Ellen Fairclough Building
built = 1981
use = Office
location = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
roof = 94 m
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floor_count = 20
floor_area =
elevator_count = 5
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Ellen Fairclough Building, 20-storey (94 meters) high rise office building built in 1981 is the 4th tallest building in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. [cite web| title = Ellen Fairclough Building: 1981 (www.emporis.com)| url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=ellenfaircloughbuilding-hamilton-canada| accessdate = 2007-02-08] 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. [cite web| title = Hamilton Spectator article: "Lament for a Downtown"| url=http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Render&c=Page&cid=1021025161885| accessdate = 2007-02-08] ][cite press release| title =The Hamilton Memory Project;| publisher =The Hamilton Spectator- Souvenir Edition| date =Saturday June 10, 2006| accessdate = 2007-02-08] 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. ][cite web| title = Hamilton Spectator article: "The Greatest Hamiltonian"| url=http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1145310633727&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815| accessdate = 2007-02-08] ]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. [cite web| title = Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Listing; Hamilton, Ontario: Ellen Fairclough Building| url=http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/seniors/english/guide-directory-Government.htm#P1929_38520| accessdate = 2007-02-08] ]
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*List of tallest buildings in Hamilton, Ontario
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* [http://www.raisethehammer.org/images/king_complex_08.jpg
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* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=ellenfaircloughbuilding-hamilton-canada Image #2: Ellen Fairclough Building (www.emporis.com)]
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