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 Historic photo from Wednesday, June 26, 1918 - Broadview Hotel on left with Royal Bank of Canada, looking north up Broadview in Riverside-South RiverdaleBroadview Hotel on left with Royal Bank of Canada, looking north up Broadview
106 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 Historic photo from Monday, March 21, 1932 - Teck Theatre 700 Queen Street East at Broadview Ave in Riverside-South RiverdaleTeck Theatre 700 Queen Street East at Broadview Ave
92 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 Historic photo from 1945 - Broadview Hotel, east side, at Queen St. East and Broadview Ave in Riverside-South RiverdaleBroadview Hotel, east side, at Queen St. East and Broadview Ave
79 years ago - Riverside-South Riverdale - 1945
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1945 Historic photo from 1945 - Broadview Hotel at Queen St east and Broadview in Riverside-South RiverdaleBroadview Hotel at Queen St east and Broadview
79 years ago - Riverside-South Riverdale - 1945
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1954 Historic photo from Wednesday, December 1, 1954 - Broadview Hotel, Queen St. E., n.w. corner Broadview Ave. Acc. S 2-2308B in Riverside-South RiverdaleBroadview Hotel, Queen St. E., n.w. corner Broadview Ave. Acc. S 2-2308B
70 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 Historic photo from Saturday, August 12, 2006 - Jillys Faces in Queen Street EastJillys Faces
18 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