Looking southwest towards the corner of Gerrard St E and Jarvis St, in the Garden District of Toronto.
The archive photo shows Nicholls Drug Store and the Avonmore Hotel after a fatal fire gutted the building. The hotel, which opened in 1891, was found negligent for allowing a wooden receptacle in the dining room where patrons discarded ashtrays. The hotel was repaired and later housed men in need.
In the late 1970s, the corner was converted into a parking lot; today, it is the site of a residential building.
Then and Now
SOURCE
- City of Toronto Heritage Register
- Heritage Toronto
- Ontario Heritage Trust
- The Globe and Mail Newspaper Archives: May 1, 1940, pg 4
- The Globe and Mail Newspaper Archives: Mar 26, 1966, pg 6
- Photo: Denise Marie for TorontoJourney416
- Vintage Photo: Toronto Public Library
- City of Toronto: Maps
- Toronto City Directory courtesy of Toronto Public Library
