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Designed by architect [[Sidney Badgley]], Massey Hall was completed in 1894 at a cost of {{CAD|152,390.75}}.<ref>{{cite book | last = Gillen | first = Mollie | author-link = Mollie Gillen | title = The Masseys: Founding Family | year = 1965 }}</ref> Construction was financed by Massey, a principal owner of the Massey-Harris (later [[Massey Ferguson]]) manufacturing conglomerate. The hall's debut concert was a choral performance of Handel's 'Messiah' on June 14, 1894.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/news/celebrating-massey-hall-the-old-lady-of-shuter-street.html|title=Celebrating Massey Hall: The Grand Old Lady of Shuter Street|last=Stroumboulopoulos|first=George|date=2014|website=CBC}}</ref> The exterior is [[Palladian architecture]] while the interior is [[Moorish Revival architecture]].<ref name="www1.toronto.ca"/>

Ten years after the completion of construction, (after the [[Great Fire of Toronto (1904)|1904 Toronto Great Fire]]), a pair of fire escape staircases were installed along the front face of the building.<ref name=":0" /> They were installed to deal with fire concerns of the building.<ref name=":0" /> These fire escapes are(now removed) were considered an iconic part of Massey Hall's exterior. At some point in its renovation history, three of the windows at the front of the venue were converted into doors, . The doors at the front of the venue were painted red (from their earlier brown-gold colour), a large neon sign was hung above the main entrance, and notice boards listing upcoming acts were revamped on either side of those doors.

[[File:Massey Hall August 2017 01.jpg|thumb|Entrance of Massey Hall in August 2017.]]