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Information on Building Name: DuMaurrier Theatre

Address: 231 Queens Quay West

Type of Building: Performing Arts Centres

Name of Building: DuMaurrier Theatre

Notes: Complex was intially called the Harbourfront Arts Centre. "Part of Toronto's Harbourfront redevelopment, the complex consists of two buildings linked by a common lobby. The theatre, on the complex's north side, was built in 1926 as an ice house to serve the adjacent Toronto Terminal Warehouse (now Queens Quay Terminal) while to the south, the art gallery building [The Power Plant] , also built in 1926, housed the Terminal's heating and refrigeration equipment and was in operation until 1980. Renovations began in 1985 and were completed in 1987. (Cdn. Archt., March 1988, p.20)

Address:	231 Queens Quay West
Type of Building:	Performing Arts Centres
Name of Building:	DuMaurrier Theatre
Notes:	Complex was intially called the Harbourfront Arts Centre. "Part of Toronto's Harbourfront redevelopment, the complex consists of two buildings linked by a common lobby. The theatre, on the complex's north side, was built in 1926 as an ice house to serve the adjacent Toronto Terminal Warehouse (now Queens Quay Terminal) while to the south, the art gallery building [The Power Plant] , also built in 1926, housed the Terminal's heating and refrigeration equipment and was in operation until 1980. Renovations began in 1985 and were completed in 1987. (Cdn. Archt., March 1988, p.20)

Dates
Building completed	1926
Altered	1985-1987

Architects: Lett / Smith Architects (firm)

Architects:	Lett / Smith Architects (firm)

Journal or book	Year	Month	Page	Vol.	No.
Canadian Architect	1988	March	20-27

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