The Coffin Block Building at Front and Church streets was the first
flatiron building
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in
Toronto
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,
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, Canada.
The 3-storey
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structure was built some time before 1838 (based on a Bartlett print of the building drawn in 1838) and in 1845 became an annex to ''The Wellington'' hotel on Church Street.
The basement housed the office of the
William Weller
William Weller (May 13, 1799 – September 21, 1863) was an entrepreneur and official in Upper Canada and Canada West. He served three terms as mayor of Cobourg.
He was born in Vermont and came to Upper Canada with his father. With Hiram Nort ...
(of
Cobourg
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) Stagecoach Company from 1830 to 1835. William Weller operated the east/west Stagecoach line operating from Eastern Ontario to Hamilton area. In 1832, William bought the north/south Stagecoach line from John Playter of Richmond Hill. William operated the north/south Stagecoach line until 1840, when he sold it to Charles P.Thompson of Summerhill, who operated a Steamship service on Lake Simcoe and needed a means to move his ship passengers south to York (Toronto)
The stage coach office at the apex of the building was added later. A business under the name J.M. McCuaig was located in the building as well. The M & L Samuel Company (now
Samuel, Son & Co.) were based out of the building from 1855 until 1881.
The unique shape of the building was due to the intersecting roads of
Front Street and Wellington Street at
Church Street. The building is also seen in a Bartlett print, "Fish Market", from 1839 to 1842. Further research dates it to the early 1830s.
In the 1890s, it was replaced with the Gooderhams'
Flatiron Building
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.
See also
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Distillery District
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*
List of buildings named Flatiron Building
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References
External links
The History of the Gooderham Building and its Surrounding Area
Buildings and structures in Toronto
Demolished buildings and structures in Toronto
Hotel buildings completed in 1845
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