Beard Building | |
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General information | |
Status | Demolished |
Type | Commercial offices Hotel |
Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
Location | 163 King Street East Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Coordinates | 43°39′01″N 79°22′18″W / 43.650366°N 79.371587°W |
Completed | 1893 – 1894 |
Demolished | 1935 |
Cost | $60,000 [1] |
Height | |
Roof | 25.8 m (85 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 7 1 below ground |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | E. J. Lennox |
References | |
[2] |
The Beard Building was a seven- storey, 25.38 m (83.3 ft) Richardsonian Romanesque highrise in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that is considered to be Toronto's first skyscraper. [1] Designed by E. J. Lennox and completed in 1894, initial plans were for a nine-storey, iron-framed structure, but a more traditional wood-brick combination with seven storeys was settled upon. [3]
The Beard Building consisted of a bank at street level, a commercial and office tower, and a hotel. A branch of The Bank of Commerce occupied the building's main space on its ground floor. [1] Above that, the hotel never opened because of the design of the building. [1] [4] However, the space above the ground floor was leased to businesses as office space. [1] The building was named after George T. Beard, the original landowner of the site. [3]
The Beard Building was demolished in 1935 [5] [3] and was replaced by a gas station a few years later. [1]
Beard Building | |
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| |
General information | |
Status | Demolished |
Type | Commercial offices Hotel |
Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
Location | 163 King Street East Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Coordinates | 43°39′01″N 79°22′18″W / 43.650366°N 79.371587°W |
Completed | 1893 – 1894 |
Demolished | 1935 |
Cost | $60,000 [1] |
Height | |
Roof | 25.8 m (85 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 7 1 below ground |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | E. J. Lennox |
References | |
[2] |
The Beard Building was a seven- storey, 25.38 m (83.3 ft) Richardsonian Romanesque highrise in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that is considered to be Toronto's first skyscraper. [1] Designed by E. J. Lennox and completed in 1894, initial plans were for a nine-storey, iron-framed structure, but a more traditional wood-brick combination with seven storeys was settled upon. [3]
The Beard Building consisted of a bank at street level, a commercial and office tower, and a hotel. A branch of The Bank of Commerce occupied the building's main space on its ground floor. [1] Above that, the hotel never opened because of the design of the building. [1] [4] However, the space above the ground floor was leased to businesses as office space. [1] The building was named after George T. Beard, the original landowner of the site. [3]
The Beard Building was demolished in 1935 [5] [3] and was replaced by a gas station a few years later. [1]