Historic photos from around Wellington Place, Toronto

Bounded by Bathurst, King, Spadina and Front streets, Wellington Place dates back to 1837 as a neighbourhood. Before that it was part of Fort York to the south. In 1833 the land was auctioned off, land was set aside for Victoria Square and Clarence Square, and houses were slowly built.

The city slowly grew up around the area, with the Loretto Abbey being the most distinctive building in the areas.

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1870		Gurney (E. & C.) Stove Manufacturers, factory, King St. W., n. side, between Brant St. & Spadina Ave. 156 years ago - 1870 - Wellington Place Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1891		Residence of Dr. W.T. Stuart (197 Spadina Avenue, corner of Phoebe Street) 135 years ago - 1891 - Wellington Place at 197 Spadina Ave Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)
1898		Bicycle Storage area of the Toronto Lithographing Company - 680 King St.West 128 years ago - 1898 - Wellington Place at 680 King Street West n.e. corner at Bathurst Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1903		Loretto Abbey in 1903 - Wellington Place 123 years ago - 1903 - Wellington Place at 403 Wellington Street West Link to archive record - Map location
1908		Spadina Hotel - Falconer Hotel at the time - looking east - Built as Richardson House in 1873 (Categorized under: Hotels ) 118 years ago - 1908 - Wellington Place Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1910		Spadina Hotel - Hotel Falconer at the time with sign - (also known as the Zeigler Hotel and Hotel Falconer) (Categorized under: Hotels ) 116 years ago - 1910 - Wellington Place Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1913		Row houses at 2-34 Stewart Street 113 years ago - Thursday, May 22, 1913 - Wellington Place Max temp: 21.7°C - Min temp: 8.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1913		Victoria Memorial Park (Square) with War of 1812 Memorial 113 years ago - Tuesday, October 14, 1913 - Wellington Place Max temp: 15.6°C - Min temp: 1.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1923		Loretto Abbey (called Lyndhurst before that) Wellington & Spadina 103 years ago - Tuesday, July 10, 1923 - Wellington Place at 403 Wellington Street West just west of Spadina Ave Max temp: 25.6°C - Min temp: 17.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1925		1502 King Street West being built 101 years ago - Thursday, May 14, 1925 - Wellington Place at 1502 King Street West e. of Beaty Ave. Max temp: 16.7°C - Min temp: 7.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1938		Laneway between houses at 516 Wellington Street West 88 years ago - Saturday, February 12, 1938 - Wellington Place Max temp: 1.7°C - Min temp: -6.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1938		21 Draper Street being demolished (built 1881) now the 'Cat Promenade' to connect to The Well 88 years ago - Monday, March 7, 1938 - Wellington Place at 19 Draper Street Max temp: 0.6°C - Min temp: -3.9°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1938		Draper Park now - back of 21 Draper Street - built in the 19th Century Second Empire-style 88 years ago - Monday, March 7, 1938 - Wellington Place at 19 Draper Street Max temp: 0.6°C - Min temp: -3.9°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1971		View of houses on Draper Street, just north of Front Street, east of Bathurst Street 55 years ago - Saturday, May 22, 1971 - Wellington Place at 11 Draper Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1972		Spadina Hotel (Richardson House, Hotel Falconer, Zeiglers Hotel) - corner of Spadina Avenue and King Street West - looking north-west (Categorized under: Hotels ) 54 years ago - 1972 - Wellington Place at 460 King Street West Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1980		Spadina Hotel and Cabana Room on the second floor - King and Spadina (Categorized under: Hotels ) 46 years ago - 1980 - Wellington Place Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1983		530-532 Front St W - July 24, 1983 by 'collations' Patrick Cummins 43 years ago - Sunday, July 24, 1983 - Wellington Place at 530 Front Street West Max temp: 26.0°C - Min temp: 19.9°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From Collations Flickr stream)
1990		Draper Street Heritage Conservation District - East side of Draper Street looking southeast from 17 Draper Street 36 years ago - 1990 - Wellington Place at 17 Draper Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)