10 of The Most Haunted Buildings In Toronto Do you believe in Ghosts? Here is a Top-10 list of haunted buildings in Toronto: #10 Campbell House As mentioned in a previous blog, Campbell House was built in 1822 for Upper Canada Chief
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With construction being completed in 1889, The Great Hall was constructed by Toronto’s west end YMCA due to tremendous growth in membership. The project was primarily funded by Toronto entrepreneur , Samuel J. Moore, who amassed great wealth by manufacturing carbonic paper (later abbreviated to
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Campbell House was built in 1822 for Upper Canada Chief Justice Sir William Campbell. It was originally located at Frederick and Adelaide, in York’s (now Toronto) east end. The home was constructed for Campbell and his wife after their children had
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Founded in 1836 by Adolphus Egerton Ryerson, Victoria College is one of the finest examples of historic architecture at the University of Toronto. Ryerson was a Methodist minister, politician, and an education advocate in the days southern Ontario was known as Upper Canada. It was named after
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Opening on June 11th, 1929, the Royal York Hotel, with 28 floors, was the tallest building in Toronto and the British Empire at the time. One year later, the hotel lost this distinction to the 34 floor Canadian Bank of Commerce tower known as
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St. James Cathedral is Toronto’s longest running Anglican congression in the city. With construction beginning in 1850, opening for services on June 19, 1853, was one of the largest buildings in the Toronto at this time. The women’s congregation baked many scons and brewed
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Situated at the corner of King & Jarvis, St. Lawrence Hall was completed in 1850 and opened to the public as the main meeting place – primarily for political events. Keep in mind that Canada officially became a country in 1867 –
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Toronto’s skyline has undergone many changes over the decades, many of which were in the name of “progress”. Unfortunately, this so called “progress” saw the demolition of many historic buildings which we will never get back. Here is my list of Toronto’s top
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Construction of Osgoode Hall began in in 1829 when Toronto was known as York. It is built in the Georgian Palladian and Neoclassical styles which are techniques virtually unknown by today’s architecture community, especially Daniel Libeskind who is responsible for the L Tower
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Built in 1930, Commerce Court North was the largest skyscraper in the British Empire until 1962. The 34-story building was designed by Pearson and Darling Architects of Toronto for the Canadian Bank of Commerce (now CIBC) as their Head Office. In its classic Art
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