Bank of Upper Canada Building | |
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General information | |
Type | Office |
Architectural style | Neoclassical (with later mansard roof in the Second Empire style) |
Address | 252 Adelaide Street East Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Construction started | 1825 |
Completed | 1827 |
Renovated | 1982 |
Client | Bank of Upper Canada |
Owner | Allied Properties REIT |
Technical details | |
Floor area | 7,500 square feet (700 m2) (original) 2,500 square feet (230 m2) (1851 addition) |
Official name | Bank of Upper Canada Building National Historic Site of Canada |
Designated | June 6, 1977[1] |
Official name | Bank of Upper Canada Building |
Designated | November 26, 1975 |
The Bank of Upper Canada Building is a former bank building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the few remaining buildings in Toronto that predate the 1834 incorporation of the city. It is located at 252 Adelaide Street East (originally 28 Duke Street), in the Old Town district. Opened in 1827, in what was then the town of York, the building housed the Bank of Upper Canada until the bank's collapse in 1866. It was then used for school purposes and later for various commercial and industrial purposes before being restored in 1982 as commercial office space. The building has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada since 1977.[1]