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Information on Building Name: Masonic Hall

Address: 18 Toronto Street

Type of Building: Clubhouses

Name of Building: Masonic Hall

Notes: Cumberland & Storm may have designed the furniture. Purchased by the Canada Permanent Mortgage company in 1876. By 1901 the space was converted to offices. In 1930, the building was taken over by the Excelsior Life Company, was demolished in 1964-1965 and replaced by an office tower.

Address:	18 Toronto Street
Type of Building:	Clubhouses
Name of Building:	Masonic Hall
Notes:	Cumberland & Storm may have designed the furniture. Purchased by the Canada Permanent Mortgage company in 1876. By 1901 the space was converted to offices. In 1930, the building was taken over by the Excelsior Life Company, was demolished in 1964-1965 and replaced by an office tower.

Dates
Demolished	1962

Architects: Cumberland & Storm (firm)
Kauffman William

Architects:	Cumberland & Storm (firm) Kauffman William

Journal or book	Year	Month	Page	Vol.	No.
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream	1997	n/a	129
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past	1993	n/a	104-5

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