List of oldest buildings and structures in Toronto (1910–1919)

This is a list of the oldest buildings and structures in Toronto, that were constructed between 1910 and 1919. This list is composed of buildings that are heritage-designated structures or are notable in some way.

Surviving structures

The following list does not include structures where only the facade of the building has been preserved.

1910 to 1919

Building	Image	Year completed	Builder	Style	Address	Neighbourhood	District[note 1]	Ref.
41 Binscarth Road		1910	G. M. Miller & Co.		41 Binscarth Road	Rosedale	Old Toronto	THR, NRHCD
Chapman Bros. Ltd. Jewellers		1910	Benjamin Chapman		261 Yonge Street	Garden District	Old Toronto	ACO
Dixon Hall-School House Hostel (formerly Allan Public School)		1910	C. H. Bishop		349 George Street	Garden District	Old Toronto	THR
Merchandise Building		1910	Max Dunning of Burke, Horwood and White		155 Dalhousie Street	Garden District	Old Toronto	THR[1]
Palm House		1910	Robert McCallum, Mathers and Haldenby, Lord and Burnham Company, and Nexus Architects		160 Gerrard Street East (Allan Gardens)	Garden District	Old Toronto	THR[2]
South African War Memorial		1910	Walter Seymour Allward		Queen Street and University Avenue		Old Toronto	CoT[3]
Toronto Hydro Substation D		1910			29 Nelson Street	Entertainment District	Old Toronto	THR
University Of Toronto President's Estate (formerly Dunlap Estate)		1910	Wickson and Gregg		93 Highland Avenue	Rosedale	Old Toronto	THR
University of Toronto Schools		1910			371 Bloor Street West	Discovery District	Old Toronto	THR[4]
Victoria University		1910	Henry Sproatt		73 Queens Park Crescent	Discovery District	Old Toronto	THR
4 Hawthorne Gardens		1911	Hamilton Townsend	English Cottage	4 Hawthorne Gardens	Rosedale	Old Toronto	SRHCD
Bedford Park Public School		1911			81 Ranleigh Avenue	Bedford Park	Old Toronto	ACO
Birge-Carnegie Library		1911	Sproatt and Rolph	Gothic Revival	75 Queen's Park Crescent	Discovery District	Old Toronto	ACO
House for Home Smith		1911			1 Baby Point Road	Baby Point	York	ACO
Miller Lash House		1911	Edward Brodhead Green	American Craftsman	130 Old Kingston Road	West Hill	Scarborough	THR
Oakwood Collegiate Institute		1911			991 St. Clair Avenue West	Regal Heights	Old Toronto	ACO
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church (formerly St. Columba United Church)		1911			540 St. Clair Avenue West	Humewood–Cedarvale	York	THR[5]
St. Margaret's Church		1911			156 Sixth Street	New Toronto	Etobicoke	ACO
Toronto Fire Services Station 344		1911		Victorian and Queen Anne	240 Howland Avenue	The Annex	Old Toronto	ACO
Toronto Hunt Club Clubhouse		1911[note 2]			1355 Kingston Road	Birch Cliff	Scarborough	ACO
Toronto Fire Services Station 311 (Firehall #24)		1911	Robert McCallum	Richardsonian Romanesque and Amsterdam School	20 Balmoral Avenue	Deer Park	Old Toronto	THR[6]
Toronto Hydro High Level Sub-Station		1911	Robert McCallum		290 MacPherson Avenue	South Hill	Old Toronto	THR[7]
Toronto Hydro Junction Substation		1911	Robert McCallum		30 Edwin Avenue	Junction Triangle	Old Toronto	THR[8]
95 King Street East		1914			95 King Street East	St. Lawrence	Old Toronto	SLHCD[9]
215 King Street East		1914			215 King Street East	Old Town	Old Toronto	SLHCD[9]
Centre for Medieval Studies (formerly Lillian Massey Department of Household Science building)		1912	G.M Miller		125 Queen's Park	Discovery District	Old Toronto	THR[10]
Government Building		1912	George W. Gouinlook		10 Dufferin Street	Exhibition Place	Old Toronto	THR
Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Pumphouse		1912			65 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive	New Toronto	Old Toronto	THR
Lillian Massey Building		1912	George Martell Miller	Neoclassical	125 Queen's Park	Discovery District	Old Toronto	THR, ACO
Revue Cinema		1912	Kaplan & Sprachman	Art Deco, Edwardian	400 Roncesvalles Avenue	Roncesvalles	Old Toronto	THR
St. Patrick's Market		1912			238 Queen Street West	Grange Park	Old Toronto	THR[11]
Toronto Fire Services Station 346		1912	George W. Gouinlook	Gothic Revival	90 Quebec Street	Exhibition Place	Old Toronto	THR
Bala Avenue Community School		1913[note 3]			6 Bala Avenue	Mount Dennis	York	ACO
Barton Street Stables		1913			1755 Steeles Avenue West (Connaught Laboratories)	Westminster–Branson	North York	ACO
Burwash Hall		1913	Sproatt and Rolph	Gothic Revival	89 Charles Street West	Discovery District	Old Toronto	ACO
Canadian Pacific Building		1913		Edwardian	69 Yonge Street	St. Lawrence	Old Toronto	OTH[12]
Central Technical School		1913	Ross and Macdonald	Collegiate Gothic	725 Bathurst Street	Harbord Village	Old Toronto	THR[13]
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres		1913	Thomas W. Lamb and Stanley Makepeace			Downtown	Old Toronto	THR
Gallanough Block		1913		Georgian Revival	483-499 Bloor Street West	The Annex	City of Toronto	THR
189 Yonge Street		1913			189 Yonge Street	Downtown Yonge	Old Toronto	ACO
Graphic Arts Building		1913			73 Richmond Street West	Financial District	Old Toronto	ACO
Kiever Synagogue		1913	B. Swartz	Byzantine Revival	25 Bellevue Avenue	Kensington Market	Old Toronto	THR
Kilgour Estates Gatehouse		1913			510 Sutherland Drive	Leaside	East York	ACO
Miller Lash Estate Carriage House		1913		American Craftsman	130 Old Kingston Road	West Hill	Scarborough	ACO
Rosedale United Church		1913			159 Roxborough Drive	Rosedale	Old Toronto	ACO
Russell Carhouse		1913			1411 Queen Street East	Leslieville	Old Toronto	THR
St. Paul's Anglican Church		1913			404 Willard Avenue	Runnymede	Old Toronto	THR
New St. Paul's Bloor Street		1913	E. J. Lennox		227 Bloor Street East	Church and Wellesley	Old Toronto	THR
St. Augustine's Seminary		1913	Arthur W. Holmes	Beaux Arts	2661 Kingston Road	Cliffside	Scarborough	THR
Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch		1913	Howard V. Walker and Howard D. Chapman	Beaux-Arts	1101 Bloor Street West	Dufferin Grove	Old Toronto	ACO
Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch		1913	E. J. Lennox	Neoclassical	765 Queen Street East	Riverdale	Old Toronto	ACO
Wychwood Barns (formerly St. Clair Carhouse)		1913			601 Christie Street	Bracondale Hill	Old Toronto	OTHo[14]
3 Church Street		1914			3 Church Street	St. Lawrence	Old Toronto	SLHCD[9]
Broadview Lofts		1914			68 Broadview Avenue	Riverdale	Old Toronto	ACO
201-213 Sterling Road		1914 (ca.)		Industrial	201-213 Sterling Road	Junction	Old Toronto	THR
Casa Loma		1914	E. J. Lennox	Gothic Revival	1 Austin Terrace	Casa Loma	Old Toronto	THR
Dominion Bank Building		1914[note 4]	Darling and Pearson	Renaissance Revival	1 King Street West	Financial District	Old Toronto	ACO
Guild Inn		1914			201 Guildwood Parkway (Guild Park and Gardens)	Guildwood	Scarborough	THR
Luella Massey Studio Theatre		1914			4 Glen Morris Street	Discovery District	Old Toronto	ACO
Old Mill Toronto		1914[note 5]			9 Old Mill Road	Old Mill	Etobicoke	THR
Premier Apartments		1914	Stanley Makepeace		1463 King Street West	Parkdale	Old Toronto	ACO
299 Queen Street West		1914	Burke, Horwood and White	Gothic Revival	299 Queen Street West	Entertainment District	Old Toronto	THR
Royal Ontario Museum		1914[note 6]	Darling and Pearson		100 Queen's Park	Discovery District	Old Toronto	ACO
Studio Building		1914	Eden Smith		25 Severn Street	Yorkville	Old Toronto	THR[15], SRHCD
Timothy Eaton Memorial Church		1914	Frank Wickson and Alfred Holden Gregg		230 St Clair Avenue West	Forest Hill	Old Toronto	THR
Toronto Public Library Weston branch		1914	Peter White Lindsay	Arts and Crafts	2 King Street	Weston	York	ACO
William Burgess Elementary School		1914[note 7]	Lindsay, Brydon and Greig	Art Deco	100 Torrens Avenue	Old East York	East York	ACO
164 Princess Street		1915			164 Princess Street	Old Town	Old Toronto	SLHCD[9]
Agincourt Junior Public School		1915		Colonial Revival and Georgian Revival	29 Lockie Avenue	Agincourt	Scarborough	THR
Bishop Strachan School		1912	Sproatt & Rolph		298 Lonsdale Road	Forest Hill, Toronto	Old Toronto	THR[16]
Danforth Carhouse		1915			1627 Danforth Avenue	East Danforth	Old Toronto	THR[17]
Hart House		1915	Henry Sproatt, Ernest Rolph	Gothic Collegiate	7 Hart House Circle	Discovery District	Old Toronto	THR
Humbercrest Public School		1915[note 8]			14 Saint Marks Road	Lambton	York	ACO
Knox College		1915	Chapman and McGiggin	Collegiate Gothic	59 St. George Street	Discovery District	Old Toronto	THR
Royal Bank Building		1915			2 King Street East	St. Lawrence	Old Toronto	ACO
Toronto Water Island Pumping Station & Filtration Plant		1915	Allen Hazen		446 Lakeshore Avenue	Toronto Island	Old Toronto	THR[18]
Union Station		1915	Ross and Macdonald, John M. Lyle	Beaux Arts	65 Front Street West	South Core	Old Toronto	THR
167 Douglas Drive		1916			167 Douglas Drive	Rosedale	Old Toronto	THR, NRHCD
170 Douglas Drive		1916			170 Douglas Drive	Rosedale	Old Toronto	THR, NRHCD
171 Douglas Drive		1916			171 Douglas Drive	Rosedale	Old Toronto	THR, NRHCD
178 Douglas Drive		1916			178 Douglas Drive	Rosedale	Old Toronto	THR, NRHCD
338 Douglas Drive		1916	Eden Smith		338 Douglas Drive	Rosedale	Old Toronto	THR, NRHCD
Birch Cliff Public School		1916[note 9]		Neoclassical	1650 Kingston Road	Birch Cliff	Scarborough	ACO
Central Toronto Academy		1916			570 Shaw Street	Palmerston–Little Italy	Old Toronto	ACO[19]
Connaught Laboratories House		1916			1755 Steeles Avenue West	Westminster–Branson	North York	ACO
Earnscliffe Apartments		1914-1916	Redmond & Beggs		195 Wellesley Street East	Church and Wellesley	Old Toronto	THR
Mimico Railway Station		1916			15 Judson Street (Mimico Coronation Park)	Mimico	Etobicoke	ACO
North Toronto station		1916	Darling and Pearson, and Goldsmith Borgal & Co.		1109 Yonge Street	Rosedale	Old Toronto	ACO
Toronto Hydro Electric System Building		1916[note 10]			369 Carlaw Avenue	Leslieville	Old Toronto	THR[20]
Toronto Public Library Beaches branch		1916	Eden Smith & Sons	Collegiate Gothic	2161 Queen Street East	The Beaches	Old Toronto	THR[21]
Toronto Public Library High Park branch		1916		Gothic Revival	228 Roncesvalles Avenue	Roncesvalles	Old Toronto	THR
187 Douglas Drive		1917			187 Douglas Drive	Rosedale	Old Toronto	THR, NRHCD
200 Douglas Drive		1917			200 Douglas Drive	Rosedale	Old Toronto	THR, NRHCD
228 Douglas Drive		1917			228 Douglas Drive	Rosedale	Old Toronto	THR, NRHCD
Albert Building		1917		Palladian	15 Shuter Street	Garden District	Old Toronto
General Services Building		1917			2 Manitoba Drive	Exhibition Place	Old Toronto	THR
New Toronto Hydro Substation		1917	E. J. Lennox	Edwardian Revival	140 Birmingham Street	New Toronto	Etobicoke	ACO
St. Clement's School		1917			21 St Clements Avenue	Yonge–Eglinton	Old Toronto
Dominion Wheel & Foundries Limited		1917[note 11]	unknown		153-185 Eastern Avenue	West Don Lands	Old Toronto	THR[22]
Toronto Harbour Commission Building		1917	Chapman and Oxley		60 Harbour Street	Harbourfront	Old Toronto	THR
Canadian Bank of Commerce		1918 (ca.)	V.D. Horsburgh		90 Danforth Avenue	Danforth	Old Toronto	THR[23]
Highland Creek Public School		1918	James, Laudon and Hertzberg		1410 Military Trail	Highland Creek	Scarborough	THR[24]
Masonic Temple		1918	William F. Sparling & Co.		888 Yonge Street	Yorkville	Old Toronto	ACO
314 Adelaide Street East		1919			314 Adelaide Street East	Old Town	Old Toronto	SLHCD[9]
383 Adelaide Street East		1919			383 Adelaide Street East	Old Town	Old Toronto	SLHCD[9]
Beach Mall (formerly Allen Beach Theatre)		1919	C. Howard Crane		1971 Queen Street East	The Beaches	Old Toronto	ACO[25]
Canadian Northern Railway Eastern Lines Locomotive Shop		1919			93 Laird Drive	Thorncliffe Park	East York	ACO
Danforth Music Hall		1919[note 12]	Hymes, Feldman and Watson		147 Danforth Avenue	Riverdale	Old Toronto	ACO
Ferriers Block		1919			526–536 Danforth Avenue	Greektown	Old Toronto	ACO
George Davis House		1919		Tudor Revival	40 Kingswood Road	The Beaches	Old Toronto	THR
Hart House Theatre		1919	Henry Sproatt (architect); Ernst Rolph (engineer)	Collegiate Gothic	7 Hart House Circle (Hart House	Discovery District	Old Toronto	THR
MaRS Discovery District (formerly Toronto General Hospital College Wing)		1919	Darling and Pearson		101 College Street	Discovery District	Old Toronto	THR[26]
Prince Edward Viaduct		1919	Edmund Burke	Truss arch bridge	Bloor Street East		Old Toronto	OTH
Royal Canadian Yacht Club		1919	Dick & Wickson		2 Chippewa Avenue	Toronto Islands	Old Toronto	OTH
Tower Automotive Building		1919	J.W. Schreiber	Art Deco	158 Sterling Road	Junction Triangle	Old Toronto	THR

Reference keys

ACO: Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (Toronto) - TOBuilt - SEARCHABLE TOBuilt DATABASE

B: Benn 1993^[27]

BCPV: Black Creek Pioneer Village - Black Creek Pioneer Village Historic Building List

C: Cruikshank2003^[28]

CE: Canadian Encyclopedia

CNHCD: Cabbagetown North Heritage Conservation District - Cabbagetown North Heritage Conservation District

CoT: City of Toronto - Heritage bylaw citations

CRHP: Canadian Register of Historic Places - HistoricPlaces.ca

EHS: Etobicoke Historical Society

EYCPP: Etobicoke York Community Preservation Panel - Etobicoke York Pre-Confederation Architectural Treasures

GO: Government of Ontario

M: McHugh Bozikovic 2017^[29]

NRHCD: North Rosedale Heritage Conservation District - North Rosedale Heritage Conservation District Study

OHT: Ontario Heritage Trust Ontario Heritage Trust

PC: Parks Canada - National Historic Sites

SLHCD: St Lawrence Heritage Conservation District - Archaeology -St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District Plan

SRHCD: South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District - South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District Study

THR: City of Toronto Heritage Register - "City of Toronto's Heritage Property Search". secure.toronto.ca. City of Toronto.

TN: Toronto Neighbourhoods - Toronto Neighbourhoods

TPL: Toronto Public Library - Digital Archive

WHCD: Weston Heritage Conservation District - Weston Heritage Conservation District Plan - Phase I

OTH: Other - see citation

See also

• Architecture portal
• Canada portal

• List of historic places in Toronto
• List of lost buildings and structures in Toronto
• List of oldest buildings in Canada
• Toronto landmarks

Notes

1. Districts in this instance refers to the lower-tier municipalities of Metro Toronto, an upper-tier municipality that was dissolved in 1998. The City of Toronto was formed after the six lower-tier municipalities of Metro Toronto amalgamated into a single entity in 1998. The City of Toronto government does not formally organize areas of the city by "districts."
2. Original building was destroyed in a fire in 1910. The rebuilt structure was completed in 1911.
3. Additions were made in 1929 (four classrooms) and 1959 (four classrooms, and a gymnasium).
4. Additions in 2006 joined the building with another skyscraper complex.
5. Although the Old Mill incorporates the shell of a 1848 mill, although its Tudor buildings date to 1914.
6. Original west wing only. The museum was expanded in 1933, 1984, and 2007.
7. Additions in 1922, 1928, and 1967.
8. Addition of two wings made in 1930 by Charles Wellington Smith.
9. Additions in 1919, 1922, 1951, 1953, and 1955.
10. 1924 addition to south; 1929 addition to east
11. Additions in 1930, 1935 and 1951.
12. Altered in 1927.

References

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3. Public Art Map - City of Toronto
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9. "Archaeology" (PDF). St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District Plan. City of Toronto. 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
10. "City of Toronto Heritage Property Detail". City of Toronto. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
11. "City of Toronto Heritage Property Detail". City of Toronto. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
12. "CP Building – 1913". Toronto Railway Historical Association. Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
13. "City of Toronto Heritage Property Detail". City of Toronto. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
14. Aaron Adel, James Bow (2013-01-27). "St. Clair (Wychwood) Carhouse". transit.toronto.on.ca. Transit Toronto. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
15. "City of Toronto Heritage Property Detail". City of Toronto. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
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19. "Central Toronto Academy". acotoronto.ca. Architectural Conservancy of Ontario - Toronto Chapter -TOBuilt Database. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
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21. "City of Toronto Heritage Property Detail". City of Toronto. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
22. "City of Toronto's Heritage Property Search".
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24. "City of Toronto Heritage Property Detail". City of Toronto. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
25. "Beach Mall". acotoronto.ca. Architectural Conservancy of Ontario - Toronto Chapter -TOBuilt Database. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
26. "City of Toronto Heritage Property Detail". City of Toronto. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
27. Benn 1993.
28. Cruikshank 2003.
29. McHugh & Bozikovic 2017.

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External links

• Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada  – biographies of Canadian architects and lists of their buildings from 1800 to 1950.
• The Former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital
• Colborne Lodge and buildings associated with surveyor John Howard
• TO Built
• University of Toronto Capital Projects