Broadview House Hotel

The imposing Romanesque-style building on the north-west corner of Broadview and Queen Street east is currently best known as the location of Jilly's Strip club, but it has a long and varied history. One of Toronto's oldest existing buildings, it is listed in the City's Inventory of Heritage Properties.

Originally built by Archibald Dingman in 1893 as an office building, it was first known as Dingman's Hall and often served as a meeting place, with rooms rented out to visiting Shriners, Masons, etc... It was then known as the Broadview Hotel, and as the Lincoln Hotel for a time around 1933. It is now a boarding house, known as the New Broadview Hotel.

 
 

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1918		Broadview Hotel on left with Royal Bank of Canada, looking north up Broadview 107 years ago - Riverside-South Riverdale - Wednesday, June 26, 1918 Max temp: 24.4°C - Min temp: 12.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1932		Teck Theatre - Queen Street East - open less than 2 years from 1931 93 years ago - Riverside-South Riverdale - Monday, March 21, 1932 Max temp: -0.6°C - Min temp: -5.0°C - 11.4cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1945		Broadview Hotel, east side, at Queen St. East and Broadview Ave 80 years ago - Riverside-South Riverdale - 1945 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1945		Broadview Hotel at Queen St east and Broadview 80 years ago - Riverside-South Riverdale - 1945 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1954		Broadview Hotel, Queen St. E., n.w. corner Broadview Ave. Acc. S 2-2308B 71 years ago - Riverside-South Riverdale - Wednesday, December 1, 1954 Max temp: 0.0°C - Min temp: -1.7°C - 6.6cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
2006		Jillys Faces 19 years ago - Queen Street East - Saturday, August 12, 2006 Max temp: 0.0°C - Min temp: 0.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location