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===Architecture=== {{See also|List of tallest buildings in Saint John, New Brunswick}} [[File:DJI 20250223074726 0273 D copy.jpg|thumb|Uptown is full of century-old buildings]] [[File:Germain Street Brunswick Square and Office Tower.jpg|thumb|upright|Brunswick Square office tower]] [[File:SaintJohnMarketExterior.jpg|thumb|[[Saint John City Market]]]] Saint John, especially in its Uptown region, features a multitude of architectural styles spanning from the 19th and early 20th centuries, with residences and buildings containing [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]], [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]], and [[Second Empire style|Second Empire]] architectural styles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arif |first1=Hassan |title=Saint John: Photos of an underappreciated city |url=http://spacing.ca/atlantic/2016/07/21/saint-john-underappreciated-city-photo-essay/ |access-date=28 August 2023 |work=Spacing Atlantic |date=21 July 2016}}</ref> Over time, the city would see the use of [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]], [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]], [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]], [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]], Second Empire and [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]] style architecture.<ref>{{cite web |title=Architectural Styles in Saint John 1785β1915 |url=https://saintjohn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=ba37d406829a4e16854c84990937d229 |website=saintjohn.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=[[City of Saint John]] |access-date=14 April 2024}}</ref> As Saint John rebuilt from the [[Great Fire of Saint John|Great Fire]] in 1877, buildings would start to be constructed using brick and stone rather than wood.<ref>{{cite news |title=SAINT JOHN. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KRKAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA5 |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=Montreal Herald |date=24 June 1889}}</ref> During the late 19th to early 20th centuries, the most popular styles in the city were [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne]] and [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] architecture. In 1911, a proposed city hall was to share [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] and Second Empire architectural styles. Over time, the city would no longer adopt some of these styles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Music of the Eye II: Architectural Drawings of Saint John and Its Region |url=https://www.nbm-mnb.ca/exhibition/music-of-the-eye-ii-architectural-drawings-of-saint-john-and-its-region/ |website=NBM-MNB |publisher=New Brunswick Museum |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> Buildings in Saint John also feature stone carvings and sculptures.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Julia |title=The story behind Saint John's strange stone carvings |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/chubbs-corner-gargoyles-saint-john-architecture-1.4483196 |access-date=28 August 2023 |work=CBC |date=April 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Visit Saint John and Discover Saint Awesome |url=https://www.maritimesmaven.com/new-blog-1/2020/8/26/visit-saint-john-and-discover-saint-awesome |access-date=28 August 2023 |work=MARITIMES MAVEN |date=26 August 2020}}</ref> In 1982, Saint John introduced the [[Trinity Royal Heritage Conservation Area]], which serves to preserve historic districts and buildings in the city.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trinity Royal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/512376198/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=[[National Post]] |date=14 May 1983 |page=53}}</ref> The Saint John Preservation Areas By-Law regulates exterior work done to these properties in a way that preserves the historic architecture in buildings built prior to 1915.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trinity Royal β The Historic Heart of Saint John |url=http://www.trinityroyal.com/BH-by-law.cfm |access-date=6 March 2024 |date=10 October 2008 |archive-date=10 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010155048/http://www.trinityroyal.com/BH-by-law.cfm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Only a few modern monoliths mar Saint John's skyline |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/424051694/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |date=25 April 1992 |page=91}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Saint John blends old and new in renewal of its city centre |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/426009536/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |date=14 May 2005 |page=133}}</ref> List of buildings in Saint John: * Courtney Bay Smokestacks (each {{convert|106.7|m|abbr=on}}) * [[Brunswick Square (building complex)|Brunswick Square]] ({{convert|80.8|m|abbr=on}}) 19-storey office tower with {{convert|511032|ft2|abbr=on}} which was built in 1976. It is the largest office building in New Brunswick in terms of square footage and second in Atlantic Canada behind the [[Maritime Centre (Halifax)|Maritime Centre]] in [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]]. * [[Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Saint John, New Brunswick)|Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception]] (Gothic style Catholic cathedral, construction began in 1853, its spire rises to {{convert|70.1|m|abbr=on}}) * [[Saint John City Hall]] ({{convert|55.2|m|abbr=on}}) 16-storey office building ({{convert|165000|ft2|abbr=on}}) * Brunswick House ({{convert|52|m|abbr=on}}) 14-storey office building ({{convert|103000|ft2|abbr=on}})<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.commercial-properties.ca/selectedproperties/brunswickhouse.html|title= Commercial Properties|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120419075422/http://www.commercial-properties.ca/selectedproperties/brunswickhouse.html|archive-date= April 19, 2012}}</ref> * Irving Building ({{convert|50|m|abbr=on}}) 14-storey office building<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.jdirving.com|title= JD Irving}}</ref> * Harbourside Senior Citizens Housing Complex ({{convert|43|m|abbr=on}}) 12-storey apartment building * Harbour Building ({{convert|37|m|abbr=on}}) 10-storey office building * Mercantile Centre ({{convert|30|m|abbr=on}}) 7-storey office building ({{convert|106600|ft2|abbr=on}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbre.ca/|title=Canada|website=cbre.ca}}</ref> * Chateau Saint John 8-storey hotel (112 rooms)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chateausaintjohn.ca/en/|title=Home|website=chateausaintjohn.ca}}</ref> * [[Saint John City Market|City Market]] (built in 1876, oldest city market in North America, with an original ship's hull roof design) * [[Loyalist House]] (built in 1817) * [[Irving Oil Home Office]] (2019) 11-storey office building
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