Toronto Street Post Office
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The Toronto Street Post Office was also called Seventh Toronto Post Office and was built by Frederick William Cumberland
and Thomas Ridout
from 1851 to 1853. It is designed in the Greek Revival style.
It served as a post office until 1873 and as a government building until 1937. Bought by the Bank of Canada
, it was last used as head office of Conrad Black
's Argus Corporation. It was here that Conrad Black was taped removing boxes of documents from the office.
It was sold to Morgan Meighen & Associates, an independent Canadian investment manager, in 2006 for C$14 Million. They were one of 200 bidders for the property, which sold for C$1,800 per sq. foot, roughly three times the price of a typical building in downtown Toronto.
The building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1958.
Frederick William Cumberland
Frederick William Cumberland was a Canadian engineer, architect and political figure. He represented the riding of Algoma in the 1st and 2nd Ontario Parliaments and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1872....
and Thomas Ridout
Thomas Ridout
Thomas Ridout was a political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Sherborne, England in 1754 and came to Maryland in 1774. In 1787, he was travelling to Kentucky when his group was captured by a party of Shawnees; he was held captive and later released in Detroit, then held by the British...
from 1851 to 1853. It is designed in the Greek Revival style.
It served as a post office until 1873 and as a government building until 1937. Bought by the Bank of Canada
Bank of Canada
The Bank of Canada is Canada's central bank and "lender of last resort". The Bank was created by an Act of Parliament on July 3, 1934 as a privately owned corporation. In 1938, the Bank became a Crown corporation belonging to the Government of Canada...
, it was last used as head office of Conrad Black
Conrad Black
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, OC, KCSG, PC is a Canadian-born member of the British House of Lords, and a historian, columnist and publisher, who was for a time the third largest newspaper magnate in the world. Lord Black controlled Hollinger International, Inc...
's Argus Corporation. It was here that Conrad Black was taped removing boxes of documents from the office.
It was sold to Morgan Meighen & Associates, an independent Canadian investment manager, in 2006 for C$14 Million. They were one of 200 bidders for the property, which sold for C$1,800 per sq. foot, roughly three times the price of a typical building in downtown Toronto.
The building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1958.