Heydon House HotelBuilt in the 1890s to replace the older Durham Heiffer Hotel that stood in the same location, the Heydon House Hotel served the Junction until about 1911 when it became a boarding house. The distinctive turret was lost in renovations between 1948 and 1951. But back in 1867 Alex Heydon spent $33,000 to have James Ellis design the three story brick hotel with the large corner turret and two high vaulted entranceways.Inside was a tavern, dining room, and the Alexandra Hall ballroom on the second floor along with 25 guest rooms. It had a reputation from the start, with cockfights in the ballroom (then upstairs in the attic), and a notorious fight in 1903 between workers from the stockyards located to the west, and railwaymen from the train depots to the south. This fight was one reason The Junction voted to go dry and ban alcohol sales - which lasted until the late 1990s!
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Historic photos of Heydon House hotel
| 1924 | Heydon House Hotel in background of TTC Foote Mixer - Old Weston Road just north of St. Clair 101 years ago - The Junction - Wednesday, January 16, 1924 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada) |
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| 1925 |  | Heydon House Hotel with a billboard location just east 100 years ago - The Junction - 1925 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1925 | | Heydon House Hotel with Borden's St. Charles Milk bilboard ad 100 years ago - The Junction - 1925 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1927 |  | Heydon House Hotel, northwest corner of Old Weston Road and St. Clair Avenue 98 years ago - The Junction - Wednesday, March 16, 1927 Max temp: 13.3°C - Min temp: -0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1955 |  | Heydon House Hotel - then George Smith Drugs and W.V. Muir Real Estate 70 years ago - The Junction - Sunday, November 20, 1955 Max temp: 3.9°C - Min temp: -3.9°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1957 |  | Heydon House, Old Weston Road., northwest corner St. Clair Avenue W 68 years ago - The Junction - Monday, October 14, 1957 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1983 |  | Heydon House - distinctive tower long gone 42 years ago - The Junction - Saturday, April 23, 1983 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1983 |  | 1867 Heydon House corner with no turret, St. Clair at Old Weston Road, northwest corner 42 years ago - The Junction - Saturday, April 23, 1983 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1983 | | Heydon House northwest corner building detail - name in the base of the tower 42 years ago - The Junction - Saturday, April 23, 1983 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1983 | | Looking up at corner of Heydon House, St. Clair at Old Weston Road, northwest corner, 42 years ago - The Junction - Saturday, April 23, 1983 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |