Transportation Building
10 Rideau Street, at Colonel By Drive (map 2)
John Albert Ewart
1916 I

• element of Confederation Square National Nistoric Site
• perpendicular or "skyscraper" Gothic style
• tripartite (base-shaft-crown) decoration evokes classical columns
• technique introduced by Beaux-Arts trained architects Gilbert, Post and Sullivan
• symmetrical façades to Colonel By Drive and to Rideau Street
• architect's training influenced by Chicacago Columbian Exhibition
• many other buildings by Ewart covered on this tour.
• used as "temporary" Ottawa City Hall (1931-58) and NCC offices.

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