Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Building Type: Fire Stations

Address: 142 Adelaide Street West
Type of Building: Fire Stations
Name of Building: Fire Department Headquarters


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Ontario Association of Architects. Proceedings 1912 n/a unpgd 11
Toronto Star 1998 June B2 3rd

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Address: 20 Bartlett Avenue
Type of Building: Fire Stations
Name of Building: Firehall No. 24

Dates
Building completed 1911

Architects: McCallum Robert
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Historical walking tour of Kensington Market... 1996 n/a 28

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Address: 132 Bellevue Avenue
Type of Building: Fire Stations
Name of Building: Firehall No. 8
Notes: Rebuilt after a fire (!) in 1973-1974.

Dates
Building completed 1877-1878

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Historical walking tour of Kensington Market... 1993 n/a 25
Toronto Life 2002 Jan. 80-81

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Address: 0 Berkeley Street
Type of Building: Fire Stations
Name of Building: Fire Station no.4
Notes: Replaced in1885 by a new fire hall, which was replaced in 1905 by a building that was to eventually become the Firehall Theatre.

Dates
Building completed 1859
Demolished c1884/85

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown remembered 1984 n/a 84-85

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Address: 0 Dundas Street East
Type of Building: Fire Stations
Name of Building: Firehall No. 1

Dates
Building completed 1878
Demolished c1950s

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown In Pictures 1984 n/a 25

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Address: 840 Gerrard Street East
Type of Building: Fire Stations

Dates
Building completed 1932

Architects: Woolnough J.J.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1989 Sept. 22-23

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Address: 110 Lombard Street
Type of Building: Fire Stations
Name of Building: Central Fire Hall

Dates
Building completed 1886

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1974 Jan, 7 Tues 22nd
Houses of old Toronto 1977 n/a 58-61
Toronto Star 2001 July B5 Thur 5th

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Address: 1094 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Fire Stations
Name of Building: Kew Beach Firehall No.17

Dates
Building completed 1905-06

Architects: McCallum Robert
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Historical Walking Tour of Kew Beach 1995 n/a 12-13

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Address: 488 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Fire Stations
Name of Building: Firehall No.3
Notes: Fire Station No. 3 closed in 1929. A fire damaged the building in 1939 and only the tower survived. In 1950, the building under the tower opened as the St. Charles Homestead Restaurant. It was later known as the St. Charles Tavern, and it closed in 1987. The tower is historically designated.

Dates
Building completed 1870-1872

Architects: Grand James
Irving William
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 2002 May A20 Fri 24th
Toronto Life 1998 Sept 13 32 12

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Address: 34 Yorkville Avenue
Type of Building: Fire Stations
Name of Building: No. 10 Fire Hall

Dates
Building completed 1876
Altered 1889; 1975
Restored 1974-75

Architects: Hancock & Townsend (firm)
Willmot Mancel
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal of Canadian Art History 1977 n/a 98- 4 2
Toronto Star 1979 Sept. A8 Sat. 29th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 65
Yorkville in pictures 1853 to 1883... 1978 n/a 18