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Gladstone
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Located on Queen Street
West in Parkdale, the Gladstone Hotel has been a fixture in the area for over a century.
The historical plaque reads: "Named after British Prime Minister Wm. E. Gladstone,
this 60 room hotel was built in 1889 adjacent to the Parkdale train stations. The original
owner, Mrs. Susanna Robinson, had been left a widow with 13 children. It was designed in a
decorative Romanesque style by G.M. Miller, a distinguished Toronto architect. Its
three-storey steeple dominated the skyline until the 1940's. Accredited by the Royal
Winter Fair, it was considered "the only safe place for one's Great Aunt to stay
alone." It was originally used mostly by commercial travellers based in the heavy
industry in the area. The building was restored by the Appelby family in 1989 in memory of
their late father."
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