The Mail Building, later known as the Mail and Empire Building was built in the 1870s and home to the newspaper ''

The Toronto Mail ''The Toronto Mail'' was a newspaper in Toronto, Ontario which through corporate mergers became first ''The Mail and Empire'', and then ''The Globe and Mail''. The ''Mail'' was founded in 1872 by Thomas Charles Patterson (b. 1836 in Patney, Wil ...

'' (later merged with the Empire to form ''

The Mail and Empire ''The Mail and Empire'' was formed from the 1895 merger of '' The Toronto Mail'' (owned by Charles Alfred Riordan and managed by Christopher W. Bunting) and '' Toronto Empire'' newspapers, both conservative newspapers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

'') at the northwest corner of Bay Street and King Street West. It was damaged by a serious fire in 1884, but fully repaired. The 4 storey building was topped with a 5-storey spire. The building was sold for $600,000 in May 1938. A month later, its demolition was announced. The building was demolished in 1939 and replaced with a new Bank of Montreal building. The podium of

First Canadian Place First Canadian Place (originally First Bank Building) is a skyscraper in the Financial District of Toronto, Ontario, at the northwest corner of King and Bay streets, and serves as the global operational headquarters of the Bank of Montreal. At ...

stands on the original site.

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Fire in the Toronto Mail Office
''New York Times'' May 25, 1884, Wednesday

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