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The Toronto Street Railway Company built this three-storey Renaissance Revival-style stable and car barn to designs by architect H. G. Salisbury in order to house its fleet of horse-drawn streetcars. In 1891, when the Toronto Street Railway ceased…

These two attached houses are rare examples of Georgian-style residences that used to be common in Toronto. They were built for Paul Bishop, a blacksmith and landlord whose shop stood across the street.

Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act,…

FRANCIS COLLINS, CANADA’S FIRST PROFESSIONAL PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES REPORTER, WAS BORN CA. 1800 IN NEWRY, COUNTY DOWN, IRELAND. HE HAD BEEN A PUBLISHER BEFORE HIS ARRIVAL IN YORK (TORONTO) WHERE, NEAR HERE FROM 1825-1834 HE PUBLISHED THE “CANADIAN…

THIS FINE EXAMPLE OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE INCORPORATES THE 1874 FACTORY BUILT AT DUKE (ADELAIDE) AND FREDERICK STREETS BY CHRISTIE, BROWN & CO., THE LARGEST BISCUIT MANUFACTURER IN CANADA. THE ORIGINAL THREE-STOREY BUILDING, GREATLY ENLARGED AND…

This two-storey Edwardian Classical bank was designed for the Imperial Bank of Canada by the Toronto firm, Darling and Pearson, Architects. After the bank merged with The Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1961, the building continued as a branch of the…