Historic photos from around Old Town, TorontoThere are a wonderful set of Toronto historic photos available online, here are all the photos that I could find from around the Old Town area in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.List of all areas in Toronto or take a look at the historic photos by date. New! You can now access the photos by street address A subset of the photos have also been arranged by subject. Tweet |
1856 | Second United Presbyterian Church under construction at Queen St and Mutual (Categorized under: Oldest known Toronto photos ) 168 years ago - 1856 - Old Town Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
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1870 | Black Horse Hotel at Front and George streets - built in the 1820's? as the residence for George Monro (Categorized under: Hotels ) 154 years ago - 1870 - Old Town at 114 Front Street East n.e. corner at George Street Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
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1883 | Campbell house - as Fensom Elevator Works (Categorized under: Campbell House ) 141 years ago - 1883 - Old Town at 300 Adelaide Street East top of Frederick Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1885 | Kingston House hotel (formerly James Hunter house) Church St., n.w. corner Lombard St. (Categorized under: Hotels ) 139 years ago - 1885 - Old Town at 114 Church Street n.w. corner at Lombard Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1890 | Church and Adelaide streets : southwest corner 134 years ago - 1890 - Old Town at 82 Church Street s.w. corner at Adelaide Street East Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
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1890 | Londonderry Inn with horse drawn carriages out front - Victoria St., n.e. corner at Lombard St. (Categorized under: Hotels ) 134 years ago - 1890 - Old Town Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1890 | Holy Blossom Synagogue (1867-1897) on Richmond St. E. Pen & ink drawing reproduced in Landmarks of Toronto 134 years ago - 1890 - Old Town at 27 Richmond Street East (approx.) s.e. corner at Victoria Street. Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1924 | Campbell House on Adelaide Street east - Capewell Horse Nail company at the time (Categorized under: Campbell House ) 100 years ago - Friday, October 31, 1924 - Old Town at 300 Adelaide Street East Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1927 | Campbell house in distance at the top of Frederick Street looking at west entrance to freight sheds on The Esplanade (Categorized under: Campbell House ) 97 years ago - Friday, September 23, 1927 - Old Town at 85 Frederick Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
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1938 | Back of 115-117 Sherbourne Street 86 years ago - Friday, October 14, 1938 - Old Town at 115 Sherbourne Street Max temp: 21.1°C - Min temp: 9.4°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
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1945 | The National Hotel or New Toronto Hotel on Sherbourne at King (Categorized under: Hotels ) 79 years ago - 1945 - Old Town at 251 King Street East s.e. corner at Sherbourne Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
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1945 | Graymar Hotel - 29-31 Jarvis St., between Front St. E. and King St. E. (Categorized under: Hotels ) 79 years ago - 1945 - Old Town at 29 Jarvis Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
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1952 | Toronto Firehall No. 4, built 1900 by architect A. Frank Wickson, now the Alumnae Theatre 72 years ago - Monday, January 28, 1952 - Old Town at 70 Berkeley Street s.w. corner at Adelaide Street East Max temp: -5.0°C - Min temp: -13.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1955 | Sheas VictoriaTheatre, Victoria Street, s.e. cor. Richmond St. E. : Toronto Public Library (Categorized under: Downtown theatres ) 69 years ago - 1955 - Old Town Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1955 | Old Fire Hall built 1886 - Lombard St. (Second City for a while) 69 years ago - Sunday, March 6, 1955 - Old Town at 110 Lombard Street w. of Jarvis St. Max temp: 0.0°C - Min temp: -6.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1956 | Sheas Victoria Theatre view from rear, during demolition (Categorized under: Downtown theatres ) 68 years ago - Sunday, May 6, 1956 - Old Town Max temp: 12.8°C - Min temp: 8.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1961 | Campbell house - original location at 64 Duke St. at the top of Frederick Street (Categorized under: Campbell House ) 63 years ago - Tuesday, April 4, 1961 - Old Town at 300 Adelaide Street East Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
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1972 | 150-year-old house built by Sir Wiliam Campbell, chief justice of Ontario from 1825 to 1829, on trailer (Categorized under: Campbell House ) 52 years ago - Wednesday, March 29, 1972 - Old Town Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1978 | Jarvis House - Molly Oliver on stage in Toronto - eventually Club 101 and originally MacFarlanes Hotel (Categorized under: Live music ) 46 years ago - 1978 - Old Town at 99 Jarvis Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada) |