Old Toronto Post Office / Old Bank of Canada | |
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![]() 10 Toronto Street | |
Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Built | 1853 |
Original use | Post office |
Current use | Office building |
Architect | Cumberland & Ridout |
Architectural style(s) | Greek Revival |
Designated | 1958 |
The Toronto Street Post Office, also known as Toronto's Seventh Post Office, is a heritage building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] It was completed in 1853 and is located at 10 Toronto Street in downtown Toronto. The building was designed by Frederick William Cumberland and Thomas Ridout in the Greek Revival style. [1]
It served as a post office until 1872 and as a government office building until 1937. [1] It was then used by the Bank of Canada until 1959, when it became the head office of E. P. Taylor's Argus Corporation, which was subsequently controlled by Conrad Black. [1] It was here that Conrad Black was taped removing boxes of documents from the office.
The building was sold to Morgan Meighen & Associates, an independent Canadian investment manager, in 2006 for CA$14 million. They were one of 200 bidders for the property, which sold for CA$1,800 per sq. foot, roughly three times the price of a typical building in downtown Toronto. [2]
In 1958, the building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. [3] [4] In 2006, it was designated by the City of Toronto under the Ontario Heritage Act (By-law 182–2006). [5]
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