Consumer's Gas Building
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Neo-Renaissance
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style Consumers' Gas Building at 19 Toronto Street in Toronto
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was first built in 1852, as the company's head office. The 19, Toronto Street façade, designed by David B. Dick, was added to the north in 1876, and the unified façade treating the two structures as one was built by Dick, 1899. The last renovations were completed in 1983 by Stone & Kohn architects for new owners, Counsel Trust Company.
The building currently houses the Rosewater Supper Club Restaurant.