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Trinity
College Gates |
Located on Queen Street
West at the entrance to Trinity-Bellwoods Park, these gates are a reminder of Trinity
College, which once stood inside them. The historic plaque on the gates reads: "The
University of Trinity College was located on this site 1852-1925, occupying a large
gothic-revival building designed by Kivas Tully with later additions by Frank Darling.
Trinity was founded as an independent institution by Bishop John Strachan following
secularization of the provincially-endowed university. Awarded a Royal Charter in 1852,
Trinity offered instruction in arts and divinity, and, for varying periods, in law and
medicine. It also granted degrees in music, pharmacy and dentistry. In 1904 Trinity
federated with the University of Toronto and in 1925 moved to a new but similar building
on the Queen's Park campus. The old building was used by the Kiwanis Boys' Club until 1956
when in was demolished. This gateway, put up in 1903, has been left standing in
commemoration." University College
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