Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Building Type: Post Offices

Address: 36 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: Eighth Post Office
Notes: Also known as the General Post Office.

Dates
Building completed 1872-1874
Demolished 1960

Architects: Langley Henry
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal of Canadian Art History 1982 n/a 209 6 2
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 110-
National Post 2000 June G11 Sat. 17th
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 104-5

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Address: 260 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: First Post Office

Dates
Officially opened 1833

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Explore Historic Toronto 1993 June 6 4

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Address: 40 Bay Street
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: Postal Delivery Building
Notes: Designed by Charles Dolphin and Completed in 1941. In 1994/1995 the Raptors basketball team proposed to turn the building into a stadium (Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects). In February 1997, all but the south and east facades were demolished to make way for the Raptors' new AIR CANADA CENTRE, which will encorporate the bas-relief scultpures by Toronto artist Louis Temparale Sr., which depict the history of communication and transportation in Canada. SEE ALSO: Air Canada Centre under a Building Name search.

Dates
Building completed 1941
Altered 1997

Architects: Dolphin Charles
Designers: Temporale, Louis
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Explore Historic Toronto 1998 Winter 3 2 4
Toronto Star 1997 April A7 Sun. 20th
Toronto Star 1997 April A1,A7 Fri. 18th
Toronto Star 1995 Fe b. A3 9th
Toronto Star 1994 Dec. F1,F2 Fri. 29th
Toronto Star 1997 May E5 13th
Toronto Star 1995 Jan. J3 Sat. 28th
Toronto Star 1999 Feb. S1-S7 Fri. 19th
Toronto Star 2000 Aug. N9 Sat. 19th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 48-50

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Address: 6 Charles Street East
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: Postal Station F
Notes: SEE: 675 Yonge Street



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Address: 169 Donway West (The)
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: Postal Office - Don Mills
Notes: Massey Award winner in 1958.


Architects: Parkin John B.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Buildings and Structures 1959 n/a unpgd

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Address: 61 Front Street West
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: Postal Station A


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1998 Oct. A14 Tues 27th

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Address: 0 King Street West
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: Mail Building

Dates
Building completed 1879-1881

Architects: Waite Richard
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 118-

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Address: 765 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: Postal Station G
Notes: SEE: Queen Street East Library Branch under "Building Name".


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n/a n/a n/a

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Address: 10 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: Seventh Post Office
Notes: Functioned as Post Office from 1853-1873. Housed government offices until 1937, when it was sold to the Bank of Canada. It was later purchased and refurbished by Argus Corp. Ltd

Dates
Building completed 1851-1853

Architects: Cumberland & Ridout (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
City: the Toronto Star Sunday Magazine 1979 Dec. 14+ 8th
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 149+
Houses of old Toronto 1977 n/a 30-33
Romanesque Head Office of Confederation Life Assn. 1997 n/a 11
Toronto Calling 1951 Jan. 14 1 8
Toronto Star 1998 Jan. B2 14th
Toronto Star 1999 May B2 26th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 62

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Address: 675 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: Postal Station F

Dates
Building completed 1905-1906

Architects: Curry Samuel
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Beaux-arts Toronto 1973 n/a 8-9

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Address: 2384 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: Postal Station K

Dates
Building completed 1937

Architects: Brown Murray
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/a unpgd
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 44-45