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Gladstone Hotel 1889

Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted March, 2015

On the northeast corner of Queen Street West and Gladstone Street sits this hotel. The 2014 Heritage Toronto plaque attached to the building to the right of the main doors, has this to say:

Coordinates: 43.642673 -79.426790

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The Gladstone Hotel is the oldest continuously operating hotel in Toronto. Architect G.M. Miller designed the building in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It features arches over the windows and porch entrances, in addition to curvilinear and animal ornamentation in stone and terracotta. The hotel was a highly visible Parkdale landmark, with its three-storey tower and a cupola (removed in the 1940s). Across the street from two railway stations (since demolished) the Gladstone Hotel frequently hosted commercial travellers, as well as exhibitors from the nearby Canadian National Exhibition. It also once accommodated long-term guests, particularly railway employees and workers in nearby factories. The hotel has been given new life by its owners over the years.

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The Gladstone Hotel

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Canadian National Exhibition

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