Toronto Street Post Office
| Old Toronto Post Office / Old Bank of Canada | |
|---|---|
| National Historic Site of Canada | |
|
10 Toronto Street | |
| Province | Ontario |
| Municipality | Toronto |
| Original use | Post office |
| Current use | Office building |
| Designated as a NHSC | 1958 |
| Other designations | Designated by the City of Toronto under the Ontario Heritage Act (By-law 182-2006)[1] |
| Architect | Cumberland & Ridout |
| Year built | 1853 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
The Toronto Street Post Office is also known as Toronto's Seventh Post Office and was built from 1851 to 1853.[2] It is located at 10 Toronto Street in downtown Toronto. The building was designed by Frederick William Cumberland and Thomas Ridout in the Greek Revival style.[2]
It served as a post office until 1872 and as a government office building until 1937.[2] It was then used by the Bank of Canada until 1959, when it became the head office of E. P. Taylor's Argus Corporation, which was subsequently controlled by Conrad Black.[2] It was here that Conrad Black was taped removing boxes of documents from the office.
The building was sold to Morgan Meighen & Associates, an independent Canadian investment manager, in 2006 for C$14 Million. They were one of 200 bidders for the property, which sold for C$1,800 per sq. foot, roughly three times the price of a typical building in downtown Toronto.[3]
The building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1958.[4][5]
References
- ↑ City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Director, Policy & Research, City Planning Division, City of Toronto (August 2005). "10 Toronto Street (Seventh Post Office) - Intention to Designate under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act" (PDF file). Retrieved January 11, 2008.
- ↑ Toronto Star: 10 Toronto St. sells for $14M
- ↑ Old Toronto Post Office / Old Bank of Canada, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ↑ Old Toronto Post Office / Old Bank of Canada, National Register of Historic Places
See also
External links
Media related to Toronto Street Post Office at Wikimedia Commons
- Property Details - City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties
- Info at the Canadian Register of Historic Places
- 10 Toronto Street
Coordinates: 43°39′00″N 79°22′35″W / 43.64999°N 79.376355°W
| ||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small}
