The Coffin Block Building at Front and Church Streets was the first Flatiron building

Flatiron Building (Toronto)

The red-brick Gooderham Building is historic landmark of Toronto, Ontario, Canada located at 49 Wellington Street East. On the eastern edge of the city's Financial District , it is in the St...

 in Toronto

Toronto

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, Canada

Canada

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. The 3 storey structure was built in 1845 as an annex to The Wellington hotel on Church Street. The basement housed the office of William Weller

William Weller

William Weller was an entrepreneur and official in Upper Canada and Canada West. He served three terms as mayor of Cobourg....

 (of Cobourg

Cobourg, Ontario

Cobourg is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario 95 km east of Toronto. It is the largest town in Northumberland County. Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope, to the west. It is located along Highway 401 and the former Highway 2...

) Stagecoach Company. The unique shape of the building was due to the intersecting roads of Front Street and Wellington Streets at Church Street.

In the 1890s, it was replaced with the Gooderham's Flatiron Building.

See also

• Distillery District
• List of flatiron buildings
  Flatiron Building (disambiguation)
  The Flatiron Building is a skyscraper in New York City, finished in 1902.Flatiron Building may also refer to:*Flatiron Building , 1925*Flatiron Building , 1897*Flatiron Building , 1908...