Gooderham Building
| Gooderham Building | |
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 Lieu patrimonial du Canada |
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| Recognized since | September 9, 1977 |
| Type | Ontario Heritage Foundation Easement |
| ID | 8311 |
| place | Toronto |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 38 '54.1 " N , 79 ° 22' 27.4" W |
| Recognized by | Ontario Heritage Trust |
| Approved by | Ontario Heritage Act |
| Entry Canadian List of Monuments | |
The Gooderham Building (also commonly known as the Flatiron Building called) is a built red-brick house in the Canadian Toronto . The building is at the east end of the financial district on Wellington Street. In this district, the first houses were built after 1793 in the then newly founded York (then name of Toronto).
The brick building named after the Gooderham family (1837 founder of one of the city's largest distilleries) was built in 1891 based on designs by David Roberts Jr. and, like the better-known New York Flatiron Building, is because of its distinctive features Triangle shape also called iron building.
On September 9, 1977, the building was declared a National Historic Site of Canada .
See also
Web links
Commons : Gooderham Building - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Information Gooderham Building (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gooderham Building. In: Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved July 22, 2018 .