Toronto: A Place of Meeting

	Houses of Parliament and Government Offices, Front Street West, Toronto, U.C., 1835 Thomas Young (d. 1860). Lithograph on stone by W. K. Hewitt (1817 - 1893); printed by N. Currier, New York. Coloured with watercolour at a later date. Toronto Public Library, TRL, J. Ross Robertson Collection, JRR 1060.
The province’s third Parliament Buildings were erected between 1829 and 1832 on the north side of Front Street West between Simcoe and John streets, facing the lake. There were three separate blocks, two stories high, of red brick with stone trim. The east and west blocks housed offices. The Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly had chambers in the centre block, although the portico shown here at the main entrance was never built. Bishop Strachan's house can be seen in the picture to the right of centre. At different periods, these buildings were used for a university, an insane asylum and a military barracks, as well as a parliament. In 1893, the Ontario Legislature moved to its present Queen's Park location. The buildings were demolished in 1900, and railway freight sheds soon filled the property. The CBC Broadcast Centre opened on the western section of the site in 1991.

Houses of Parliament and Government Offices, Front Street West, Toronto, U.C., 1835

Thomas Young (d. 1860).
Lithograph on stone by W. K. Hewitt (1817 - 1893); printed by N. Currier, New York.
Coloured with watercolour at a later date.
Toronto Public Library, TRL, J. Ross Robertson Collection, JRR 1060.

The province’s third Parliament Buildings were erected between 1829 and 1832 on the north side of Front Street West between Simcoe and John streets, facing the lake. There were three separate blocks, two stories high, of red brick with stone trim. The east and west blocks housed offices. The Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly had chambers in the centre block, although the portico shown here at the main entrance was never built. Bishop Strachan's house can be seen in the picture to the right of centre.

At different periods, these buildings were used for a university, an insane asylum and a military barracks, as well as a parliament. In 1893, the Ontario Legislature moved to its present Queen's Park location. The buildings were demolished in 1900, and railway freight sheds soon filled the property. The CBC Broadcast Centre opened on the western section of the site in 1991.