Toronto Street Post Office

Old Toronto Post Office / Old Bank of Canada
10 Toronto Street
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates43°39′00″N 79°22′35″W / 43.6500°N 79.3764°W / 43.6500; -79.3764
Built1853
Original usePost office
Current useOffice building
ArchitectCumberland & Ridout
Architectural style(s)Greek Revival
Designated1958
Toronto Street Post Office is located in Toronto
Toronto Street Post Office
Location of Old Toronto Post Office / Old Bank of Canada in Toronto
Toronto Street Post Office is located in Ontario
Toronto Street Post Office
Toronto Street Post Office (Ontario)
Toronto Street Post Office is located in Canada
Toronto Street Post Office
Toronto Street Post Office (Canada)

The Toronto Street Post Office, also known as Toronto's Seventh Post Office, is a heritage building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] It was completed in 1853 and is located at 10 Toronto Street in downtown Toronto. The building was designed by Frederick William Cumberland and Thomas Ridout in the Greek Revival style.[1]

History

It served as a post office until 1872 and as a government office building until 1937.[1] It was then used by the Bank of Canada until 1959, when it became the head office of E. P. Taylor's Argus Corporation, which was subsequently controlled by Conrad Black.[1] It was here that Conrad Black was taped removing boxes of documents from the office.

The building was sold to Morgan Meighen & Associates, an independent Canadian investment manager, in 2006 for CA$14 million.[2] The building was up for auction and they were one of 70 bidders for the 12,000 square foot property in downtown Toronto.[3]

In 1958, the building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada.[4][5] In 2006, it was designated by the City of Toronto under the Ontario Heritage Act (By-law 182–2006).[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d City Staff (4 August 2005). "10 Toronto Street (Seventh Post Office) - Intention to Designate under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act" (PDF file). Clerk's Office, City of Toronto. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. ^ Westhead, Rick; Wong, Tony (9 December 2006). "10 Toronto St. nets $14 million". Toronto Star. Torstar. pp. D1, D4. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Shecter, Barbara (9 December 2006). "Meighens back in 10 Toronto Street". Financial Post. Toronto: Canwest. pp. F1, F2. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Old Toronto Post Office / Old Bank of Canada, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
  5. ^ Old Toronto Post Office. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  6. ^ City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties
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