Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Building Type: Hardware Stores
Address: 0 Beecroft Road
Type of Building: Hardware Stores
Name of Building: Dempsey's Hardware Store
Notes: Built by Joseph Sheppard II in 1860 on the site where his father had built a log cabin in 1798. Purchased by Benjamin Brown in 1904, and sold to George and William Dempsey in 1921. Sold by the Dempsey family in 1989. Moved from its original site on the south-west corner of Yonge and Sheppard Street to its current site on Beecroft Road on February 18, 1996. Now houses the North York City Archives.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 2000 July ? Thur 6th
Globe & Mail 1996 Feb. A8 19th
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1990 March 44
Toronto Star 2000 July A23 11th
Toronto Star 2000 July B7 Wed. 12th
Toronto Star 2000 June B2 Fri. 9th
Toronto Star 1978 Ju;y ? 10th
Toronto Star 1996 Feb. A3 19th
Toronto Star 1978 July ? 13th

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Address: 30 King Street East
Type of Building: Hardware Stores
Name of Building: Padlock (The)


Architects: Storm William
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1995 June 32-40 20 2

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Address: 17 Temperance Street
Type of Building: Hardware Stores
Name of Building: Aikenhead's Hardware
Notes: Originally the Comet Bicycle Company building.

Dates
Building completed 1894-1895

Architects: Lennox Edward
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
City: the Toronto Star Sunday Magazine 1980 March 12-15 4 9th
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 39,49
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1986 May 48
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1988 SEpt. 10