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Toronto
Street Post Office |
Located on the west side
of Toronto Street across from the Consumers' Gas Building, profiled above, the historic
plaque reads: "Built 1851-1853 for The Province of Canada, the Seventh Post Office
was designed by Toronto architects Frederic Cumberland and Thomas Ridout. The building in
the then popular Neo-classical style, resembles a Greek temple. The elegant symmetry of
the Ionic columns, corner piers, and the entablature topped with the Royal Arms of England
demonstrates an ease with classical forms. The building served as a post office till 1873,
and housed government offices until 1937. It was then sold to the Bank of Canada and later
purchased and refurbished by Argus Corporation Limited.
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