Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Building Name: Union Loan and Savings Co.
Address: 26 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Union Loan and Savings Co.
Notes: Occupied nos. 26-30 Toronto Street. See also no. 32 Toronto Street for additional office building owned by the Union Loan and Savings Company (1873). Demolished with the Toronto Union Block in 1914 to make way for E.J. Lennox's Skyscraper office tower for the Excelsior Life Insurance Company.

Dates
Building completed 1876-1878
Demolished 1914

Architects: Langley Langley & Burke (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1990 June cov+ 15 2
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 107
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 101

End of record
Address: 32 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Union Loan and Savings Co.
Notes: Occupied nos. 32-40 Toronto Street. Demolished to make way for the a Beaux-Arts Classical skyscraper by E.J. Lennox (1914-1915).

Dates
Building completed 1873

Architects: James & Lalor (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 106