The Queen's Hotel was one of the city's most prestigious, and advanced, hotels - the first in Canada with a central hot air furnace, a passenger elevator, and running water and bathtubs in the rooms.
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1846 | ![]() | Photograph of a lithograph showing Sword's Hotel on Front Street (Queen's Hotel until 1927) 179 years ago - Financial District - 1846 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
1855 | Queen's Hotel, Front St. W., n. side, between Bay & York Sts 170 years ago - Financial District - 1855 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1867 | ![]() | Queens Hotel before it expanded - photo by Octavius Thompson 158 years ago - Financial District - 1867 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
1880 | Queens Hotel - guests by the fountain at east side, showing Holland House in background 145 years ago - Financial District - 1880 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1888 | ![]() | Queens Hotel on Front Street West (where Royal York is now) 137 years ago - Financial District - 1888 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
1890 | ![]() | Queens Hotel on Front Street with many trees 135 years ago - Financial District - 1890 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
1908 | ![]() | Queen's Hotel looking west across Front Street 117 years ago - Financial District - 1908 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1908 | ![]() | Baker making fresh bread at the Queens' Hotel 117 years ago - Financial District - 1908 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1911 | ![]() | Sunroom in the Queens Hotel 114 years ago - Financial District - 1911 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1911 | ![]() | Drawing room with ornate woodwork and wallpaper (Queens Hotel) 114 years ago - Financial District - 1911 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1911 | ![]() | Writing room in the Queen's Hotel (previously the Revere House) 114 years ago - Financial District - 1911 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1911 | ![]() | Carved black walnut buffet made by Jacques and Hay for Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 (won 1st place) 114 years ago - Financial District - 1911 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1912 | ![]() | Walker House Hotel in centre, Queens Hotel on left, open space site of future Union Station 113 years ago - Financial District - 1912 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1912 | ![]() | Open centre-hall plan with sitting rooms on either side (Queen's Hotel) 113 years ago - Financial District - 1912 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1915 | ![]() | Close up of Queens Hotel from Union Station site 110 years ago - Financial District - Thursday, October 21, 1915 Max temp: 17.2°C - Min temp: 7.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1915 | ![]() | Union Station excavation across the street from the Queens Hotel 110 years ago - Financial District - Tuesday, October 12, 1915 Max temp: 20.0°C - Min temp: 7.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1915 | ![]() | Union Station site looking north across Front Stree to the Queens Hotel 110 years ago - Financial District - Thursday, October 21, 1915 Max temp: 17.2°C - Min temp: 7.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1927 | ![]() | Removing furniture at the closing of the Queen's Hotel 98 years ago - Financial District - 1927 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1927 | ![]() | Looking south across fountain to Union Station from grounds of Queens Hotel 98 years ago - Financial District - 1927 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1927 | Queens Hotel on Front St. W. before demolition 98 years ago - Financial District - 1927 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1928 | ![]() | View of Front Street from Walker House Hotel (Queens Hotel and Union Station) 97 years ago - Financial District - 1928 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |