Liberty Village Park in Toronto. The former Toronto Central Prison Chapel is the red building on the left. |
NOTICE OF PASSING OF BY-LAW
To: Canada Lands Company CLC Ltd. Ontario Heritage Foundation
200 King Street West 10 Adelaide Street East
Suite 1509 Toronto, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario M5C 1J3
M5H 3T4
Inglis Limited
1901 Minnesota Court
Mississauga, Ontario
L5N 3A7
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Toronto has passed By-law No. 1996-0378 to designate 20 Strachan (Central Prison Chapel) as being of architectural and historical value or interest. Dated at Toronto this 27th day of August 1996.
(signed)
City Clerk
Barbara Hall, Mayor of Toronto
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Historical Name - Central Prison Chapel
Constructed - 1877
Architect - Kivas Tully
Original owner - Province of Ontario
Original use - Institutional (prison).
Current use - vacant
Heritage Category - Notable Heritage Property (Category B)
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Kivas Tully also designed the University of Toronto's Trinity College, founded in 1851 by Bishop John Strachan; and he designed Cobourg, Ontario's Victoria Hall:
Victoria Hall, 55 King Street West, Cobourg, Ontario. (Photo from Wikipedia.) |
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