Architecture of Toronto

30 September 2009
1889 – Upper Canada College, Toronto, Ontario

1889 – Upper Canada College, Toronto, Ontario

Architect: George Durand

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01 October 2009
1891 – Aged Womans Home, Toronto, Ontario

1891 – Aged Womans Home, Toronto, Ontario

Architect: B.R. Gregg

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11 December 2009
1892 – Gooderham Building, Toronto, Ontario

1892 – Gooderham Building, Toronto, Ontario

Architect: David Roberts Jr. The building was commissioned by George Gooderham to house the head offices of his Gooderham & Worts distilling company. Wedged into the confluence of Wellington and Front Street East,...

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11 December 2009
1892 – Ontario Legislature, Toronto, Ontario

1892 – Ontario Legislature, Toronto, Ontario

Architects: Richard A. Waite In the mid-1880s a fashion for American architecture brought the style of Boston architect Henry Hobson Richardson north. Known as Richardsonian Romanesque, the style featured massive blocks of rough-hewn...

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01 October 2009
1895 – Grand Opera Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

1895 – Grand Opera Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

Architect: Henry Simpson

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30 September 2009
1900 – Manning Chambers, Toronto, Ontario

1900 – Manning Chambers, Toronto, Ontario

Architect: E.J. Lennox

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11 December 2009
1905 – 197 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario

1905 – 197 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario

Architects: Darling & Pearson 197 Yonge Street was formerly a 4 floor Canadian Bank of Commerce building built in 1905 by architects Darling & Pearson and declared as a historical property by the...

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11 December 2009
1905 – 205 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario

1905 – 205 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario

Architect: E.J. Lennox Former branch of the Toronto Dominion Bank, which was bought by the city for an urban revitalisation project that never happened. This is a fabulous temple of banking with beautiful...

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11 December 2009
1913 – Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres, Toronto, Ontario

1913 – Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres, Toronto, Ontario

Architect: Thomas Lamb The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres are the last surviving Edwardian stacked theatres in the world. The pair were originally built as the centrepiece of Marcus Loew’s theatre chain in...

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