Architectural Index for Ontario

Information on Building Name: York County Courthouse

Address: 57 Adelaide Street East

Type of Building: Courthouses

Name of Building: York County Courthouse

Notes: Central portion of the courthouse is no.57 Adelaide Street West. The flanking west and east administrative wings occupied street nos. 55 and 65 repesctively. The west wing was altered by E.J. Lennox c1890-95 for the Consumers Gas Company of Canada, who purchased it and connected it to their premises on Toronto Street.

Address:	57 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building:	Courthouses
Name of Building:	York County Courthouse
Notes:	Central portion of the courthouse is no.57 Adelaide Street West. The flanking west and east administrative wings occupied street nos. 55 and 65 repesctively. The west wing was altered by E.J. Lennox c1890-95 for the Consumers Gas Company of Canada, who purchased it and connected it to their premises on Toronto Street.

Dates
Building completed	1851-1853
Altered	1979 - Reno

Architects: Cumberland & Ridout (firm)
Cumberland & Storm (firm)
Lett / Smith Architects (firm)

Architects:	Cumberland & Ridout (firm) Cumberland & Storm (firm) Lett / Smith Architects (firm)

Journal or book	Year	Month	Page	Vol.	No.
Beaux-arts Toronto	1973	n/a	6
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream	1997	n/a	154+
Toronto Star	1994	July	A7	Mon.	4th
Toronto, Carved in Stone	1984	n/a	128

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