Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Building Type: Warehouses

Address: 63 Bay Street
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Ogilvie & Sons Warehouse

Dates
Building completed 1907

Architects: Burke Horwood & White (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 153

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Address: 41 Colborne Street
Type of Building: Warehouses
Notes: Commercial buildings that occupy nos. 41-51 Colbourne Street were erected c.1887-91. Architect unidentified.

Dates
Building completed 1888-1892

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1987 Spring 6 12 1
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1987 January 7 n/a n/a
Romanesque Toronto : a photographic exhibition... 1971 n/a 11-12

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Address: 47 Colborne Street
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Milburn Building
Notes: Block of five warehouses occupying street nos. 47-55 Colborne Street, built for Mr.T.Milburn.

Dates
Building completed 1886

Architects: Lennox Edward
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 33,40

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Address: 77 Front Street East
Type of Building: Warehouses
Notes: Warehouses at street nos. 77-85. Being converted into 54 loft units (2000) by E.R.A. Architects Inc.

Dates
Building completed 1850s

Architects: E.R.A. Architects Inc. (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 1998 July D1,D2 Mon. 27th
Toronto Star 2002 April R10 Sat 20th
Toronto Star 2001 April R4 Sat. 28th
Toronto Star 2000 May P2 Sat. 27th

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Address: 4 Front Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: McMaster Warehouse
Notes: SEE: A R McMaster Warehouse at no.12 Front Street W.

Dates
Building completed c1871

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
n/a n/a n/a

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Address: 12 Front Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: A R McMaster Warehouse
Notes: Occupied street nos. 4-12 Front Street West.

Dates
Building completed 1870-1871
Demolished 1960

Architects: Irving William
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 26-27
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 15+

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Address: 18 Front Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Thompson & Burns
Notes: Occupied Street nos. 18-22 Front Street West. Destroyed in the fire of 1904. Lot remained vacant until 1923-24, when Cassidy's Ltd. a Montreal wholesale business warehouse was constructed.

Dates
Building completed 1868
Demolished 1904 fire

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 15

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Address: 24 Front Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Notes: Three warehouses occupied street nos. 24-30 Front Street West.

Dates
Building completed 1882
Demolished 1904 fire

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 17

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Address: 32 Front Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: W.E. Gillett Co.

Dates
Building completed 1869
Demolished 1904 fire

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Spirit of Place 1998 n/a 15

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Address: 36 Front Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: E.B Eddy Match Company

Dates
Building completed 1869
Demolished 1904 fire

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 17

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Address: 569 King Street East
Type of Building: Warehouses

Dates
Unknown significance 1947

Architects: Adamson & Morgan (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1991 May 14

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Address: 0 King Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Canadian Pacific Express Bldg.

Dates
Building completed 1912-1913

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
A Street Called Front 1983 n/a 20-21
Globe & Mail 1976 June ? 25th
Globe & Mail 1976 July 7 Tues 6th
Toronto Star 1976 July B6 Sat. 10th

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Address: 954 King Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Massey Harris Showroom

Dates
Building completed 1938
Demolished 1995

Architects: Allward & Gouinlock (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Clearcut : Woolworth Building Toronto, 1949-1997 1997 n/a 34

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Address: 319 Merton Street
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Dominion Coal and Wood Ltd

Dates
Building completed 1929
Demolished 2001

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1992 Nov. 44
Toronto Star 2001 April P2 Sat 7th
Toronto Star 2000 Feb. R1+ Sat. 12th
Toronto Star 1999 May E6 Thur 20th
Toronto Star 1999 May E1 20th

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Address: 108 Mutual Street
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Sears Mail-order Warehouse
Notes: See also: 155 Dalhousie Street (same building)

Dates
Building completed 1910

Architects: Dunning Max
Quadrangle Architects (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1989 Oct. 62-63 34 10

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Address: 900 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Artscape
Notes: 22 live/work units for artists. Former warehouse

Dates
Officially opened Nov. 1995
Altered 1995

Architects: Lobko Joe
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AZURE 1996 Jan/Feb 9 12 104

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Address: 119 Spadina Avenue
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Balfour Building
Notes: Built in 1930 for a firm called Shiffer & Hillman, who named it after Arthur Balfour, the British statesman.

Dates
Building completed 1930

Architects: Brown Benjamin
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Life 1997 Feb. 45-48 31 2

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Address: 11 St. Joseph Street
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Rawlinson Building
Notes: Occupied nos. 11-19 St. Joseph Street. A later warehouse was also built (in 1905-07) at no.5 St. Joseph St. SEE ALSO: Uptown Condominiums (same address).

Dates
Building completed 1895-96
Altered 1898-99

Architects: Dick & Wickson (firm)
Wickson A. Frank
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 2000 March P1,P6 4th
Toronto Star 2000 May P7 Sat. 27th

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Address: 21 Wellesley Street East
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: John MacDonald Warehouse

Dates
Building completed 1863
Altered 1878-Addn.

Architects: Gundry & Langley (firm)
Langley Langley & Burke (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 100-1

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Address: 0 Wellesley Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: E & S Currie Building

Dates
Demolished 1904-fire

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Sun 2002 April 42 Sun 14th

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Address: 21 Wellington Street East
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: John Macdonald & Company

Dates
Building completed 1863-1864
Demolished 1964-1965

Architects: Gundry & Langley (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 82-83

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Address: 3 Wellington Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses

Dates
Building completed 1868

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 14

End of record
Address: 5 Wellington Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Notes: Numbers 5, 7, and 9 Wellington Street West were the warehouses and store of Charles Moore and co., Importers and Wholesale Grocers. The buildings date from 1858-1871. Nos 7 and 9 were built by the firm of Smith & Gemmell, 1871.

Dates
Building completed c1858-1859

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1984 Spring 7 9 1
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1987 Jan. 6
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 14

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Address: 7 Wellington Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses

Dates
Building completed 1871

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 14

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Address: 11 Wellington Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Notes: Built in 1845-1855 by John Dixon and designed by architect William Hay. First occupied by John Henderson, Merchant.

Dates
Building completed c1854-1855

Architects: Hay William
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1984 Spring 7 9 1
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 13-14

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Address: 32 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Warehouses

Dates
Building completed c1850
Demolished yes

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 11

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Address: 34 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Bryce, McMurrich & Co.

Dates
Building completed 1847

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 11

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Address: 36 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Warehouses

Dates
Building completed 1844
Altered 1928

Architects: Cumberland & Storm (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 264
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1987 Jan. 6
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 10

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Address: 37 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Joseph Wey & Company

Dates
Building completed 1871-1872

Architects: Smith & Gemmell (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 88-89

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Address: 38 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Warehouses

Dates
Building completed c1852

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1987 Jan. 6
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 13

End of record
Address: 42 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Warehouses

Dates
Building completed 1850s

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Houses of old Toronto 1977 n/a 66-68
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 11-13

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Address: 44 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Warehouses

Dates
Building completed 1850-1851

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Houses of old Toronto 1977 n/a 70-71
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 11-13