Winchester Hotel
Building shown in 2007.
General information
Architectural styleSecond Empire (exterior), Art Moderne (interior)
Address531 Parliament Street, Toronto
Year(s) built1880, 1888
Renovated1941
Technical details
Materialred brick
Floor count3½-storey Winchester Hotel with 2½-storey south wing
Design and construction
Architect(s)Benjamin Swartz (1941 alterations)
Architecture firmKennedy and Holland (initial building)
Official name531 Parliament St
Designated1995

The Winchester Hotel is a preserved commercail building, located at 531 Parliament Street, in Cabbagetown, Toronto. The former hotel building was listed as a heritage building by the city in 1975 and was designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act in 1995.[1]

It was one of the five or six major hotels in Toronto when it was built, until the King Edward Hotel opened in 1903.[2]

Heritage details

The building currently known as the Winchester Hotel opened in the 1880s as the Lakeview Hotel. It once had a lantern mounted atop a cupola on the roof, that was removed, either in 1941 when it was given an Art Moderne facelift, or in 1954 (sources are unsure). A replica was added in 2021, using the same architectural firm that was renovating Massey Hall at the time.[3] Its listing on the Canadian Register of Historic Places notes: "The imposing 3½-storey red brick Winchester Hotel with a 2½-storey red brick south wing, and the adjoining two-storey red brick Winchester Hall are located on the southeast corner of Parliament Street and Winchester Street in the Toronto neighbourhood of Cabbagetown.” [4]

References

  1. ↑ City of Toronto. 531 PARLIAMENT ST (Technical report).
  2. ↑ Filey, Mike (2004). Toronto Sketches 8: The Way We Were. Dundurn. ISBN 1-55002-527-9.
  3. ↑ Leblanc, Dave (January 19, 2021). "A heritage building gets a proper capping off". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  4. ↑ "Winchester Hotel and Winchester Hall". HistoricPlaces.ca. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
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